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- Rolf Hoppe was born on 6 December 1930 in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sardsch (1997), La piovra (1984) and Mephisto (1981). He was married to Friederike. He died on 14 November 2018 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Klaus Fuchs was born on 29 December 1911 in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany. He died on 28 January 1988 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Fredrich von Paulus was born in Germany in 1890 and joined the military academy in Berlin when he was around 18. He rose through the ranks from private to officer within 20 years. When World War II broke out in 1939, he was a member of the German general staff, a position he held during the 1940 invasion of France. In September 1940 he was appointed Quartermaster General of the General Staff. In 1942 he was promoted to Colonel-General and given command of the German 6th Army for the summer drive in the south of Russia, which started in June. Von Paulus was an experienced and capable staff officer, but only an average field commander who was intimidated by his superiors, and who fatally underestimated the Russian strength at Stalingrad, where his men were drawn into savage and costly street fighting by defending Russian troops. On November 19, 1942, the Soviets began a counteroffensive aimed at recapturing Stalingrad and trapping the 6th Army--about 270,000 strong--within the city. Von Paulus followed orders to stay put rather than to break out of the encirclement. For over two months he and his men were forced further and further back into the city by the rapidly increasing numbers of Soviet troops, while their supply lines were slowly being cut off, resulting in severe shortages of everything from food to clothes to ammunition. During the siege Adolf Hitler promoted von Paulus to General and announced that he was awarding him the Iron Cross for his stubborn defense. He also ordered von Paulus to fight to the last man and not to surrender one German soldier or piece of equipment to the Russians. On January 30, 1943, with the imminent defeat of the 6th Army at hand, Hitler promoted von Paulus to Field Marshal, stating that no German commander of that rank had ever surrendered. However, the very next day von Paulus surrendered the remnants of the once powerful 6th Army, now reduced to demoralized, starving, freezing, ill and half-clothed soldiers, to the Russians. He spent the remainder of the war under house arrest near Moscow while his men were marched off to harsh Soviet POW camps, from which only a very few survived. After the war ended von Paulus remained for a few years as a prisoner in the USSR until his release in 1947. Prior to his release he was brought to Germany to testify in the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, and gave testimony against many of the Nazi officials on trial there. After his release from Russian custody von Paulus, by now sympathetic to communism, retired to East Germany, where he died in 1957.
- Actress
- Writer
Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress and writer, known for Liebeswalzer (1930), Ein Mädel aus dem Volke (1927) and Nanon (1924). She was married to Hans Junkermann. She died on 3 November 1965 in Dresden, Germany.- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Hans Werner Henze was born on 1 July 1926 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for The Exorcist (1973), Love Unto Death (1984) and Der junge Lord (1969). He died on 27 October 2012 in Dresden, Germany.- Ursula Körbs was born on 22 November 1939 in Arnsdorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Much Ado About Nothing (1964), The Crucible (1957) and Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ (1958). She was married to Gerhard Vogt. She died on 28 January 1964 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Music Department
Hajo Müller was born on 24 February 1931 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Spuk von draußen (1987), Kai aus der Kiste (1988) and Hilde, das Dienstmädchen (1986). He died on 13 February 2020 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar was born on 28 March 1948. She was an actress, known for Karla (1965), Wege übers Land (1968) and Just Don't Think I'll Cry (1990). She was married to Gunther Emmerlich. She died on 20 March 2020 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
- Animation Department
Günter Rätz was born on 30 May 1935 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for The Flying Windmill (1982), Filopat und Patafil (1962) and Gleich links hinterm Mond (1959). He died on 1 May 2024 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers was born on 10 April 1871 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a producer and director, known for Mein Leopold (1919), Michels eiserne Faust (1914) and Kulissenzauber (1915). He died on 30 January 1938 in Dresden, Germany.- Christian Habicht was born on 24 December 1952 in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Old Fox (1977), Sophie - Braut wider Willen (2005) and Tanja (1997). He died on 15 May 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Hilde Wolter was born on 19 June 1898 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Sacrifice (1918), Bergblumen (1919) and Dem Glück entgegen (1919). She died on 1 March 1946 in Dresden, Germany.
- Wolfgang Sörgel was born on 29 September 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karl May (1992), NeuFundLand (2003) and Das kleine und das große Glück (1953). He was married to Christel Thein. He died on 6 July 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Theo Adam was born on 1 August 1926 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Fidelio (1968), Fidelio (1979) and Gala unter den Linden (1977). He was married to Eleonore. He died on 10 January 2019 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Gunther Emmerlich was born on 18 September 1944 in Eisenberg, Thüringen, German Reich [now: Germany]. He was an actor, known for Showkolade (1988), Die lustige Witwe (2007) and In aller Freundschaft (1998). He was married to Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar. He died on 19 December 2023 in Villa Maria, Dresden, Germany.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Leon Boden was born on 14 July 1958 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Rosenkavalier (1997), Weibsbilder (1996) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Jutta. He died on 18 April 2020 in Dresden, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Werner Hammer was born on 10 November 1921 in Halberstadt, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Zar Wasserwirbel (1979), Unser Schmutzmoritz (1975) and Knirpse und Huhn (1983). He died on 19 August 1992 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Rudolf Donath was born on 27 October 1932 in Oberlausitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), The Small White Mouse (1964) and The Legend of Rita (2000). He died on 3 July 2016 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Hadwig Klemperer was born on 5 March 1926 in Berlin, Germany. She was married to Victor Klemperer. She died on 22 September 2010 in Dresden, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Lothar Barke was born on 20 January 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Katzenmusik (1954), Poor Miller's Boy and the Kitten (1971) and Vom Hasen, der nicht lernen wollte (1956). He died on 4 November 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Actor
- Director
Horst Schönemann was born on 19 January 1927 in Wuppertal, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Martin Luther (1983), Die gläserne Fackel (1989) and Das tolle Lamm (1956). He died on 14 June 2002 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Lotte Meyer was born on 22 February 1909 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Einmal ist keinmal (1955), Das alte Lied... (1992) and Seine Kinder (1965). She died on 7 June 1991 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Karl Gjellerup was born on 2 June 1857 in Roholte, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Kvarnen (1921) and Møllen (1943). He was married to Eugenia Bendix. He died on 11 October 1919 in Dresden, Germany.
- Victor Klemperer was born on 9 October 1881 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany [now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Klemperer - Ein Leben in Deutschland (1999), Language Does Not Lie (2004) and Ich möchte Zeugnis ablegen bis zum Letzten (1999). He was married to Hadwig Klemperer and Eva Schlemmer. He died on 11 February 1960 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Gertrud Brendler was born on 23 October 1898 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Besondere Kennzeichen: keine (1956), Trace of Stones (1966) and Reserviert für den Tod (1963). She died on 26 August 1983 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany].