Kurt Gerron
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Kurt Gerron was a German-Jewish actor and film director of the Weimar era, known for his character roles in classic films and his tragic fate in the Holocaust.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kurt Gerron canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9462402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Gerron Context triple: [The Blue Angel, castMember, Kurt Gerron]
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A.
Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Blake Moran on the political drama series "Madam Secretary" and for portraying Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of the musical "Jersey Boys."
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B.
Otto Heller
Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
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C.
Leo Klier
Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
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D.
Walter Herz
Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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E.
Curt Jürgens
Curt Jürgens was a prominent German-Austrian actor known for his commanding screen presence in European cinema and Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Gerron Target entity description: Kurt Gerron was a German-Jewish actor and film director of the Weimar era, known for his character roles in classic films and his tragic fate in the Holocaust.
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A.
Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Blake Moran on the political drama series "Madam Secretary" and for portraying Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of the musical "Jersey Boys."
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B.
Otto Heller
Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
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C.
Leo Klier
Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
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D.
Walter Herz
Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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E.
Curt Jürgens
Curt Jürgens was a prominent German-Austrian actor known for his commanding screen presence in European cinema and Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust victim
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cabaret performer ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1944 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gas chamber ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1944-11-15 ⓘ |
| directed | Theresienstadt propaganda film for the Nazis ⓘ |
| educatedAt | medical faculty of a German university ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Gerron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Kurt Gerron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
cabaret
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comedy film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Kurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murdered ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Tiger Brown in "The Threepenny Opera" (stage)
NERFINISHED
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magician Kiepert in "The Blue Angel" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
NERFINISHED
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The Blue Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Threepenny Opera (stage performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cabaret artist
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film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
First World War
NERFINISHED
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Weimar cinema ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servedIn | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentary film "Kurt Gerron’s Karussell" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPrisonerIn |
Theresienstadt Ghetto
NERFINISHED
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Westerbork transit camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Amsterdam
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Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris ⓘ Vienna ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kurt Gerron Description of subject: Kurt Gerron was a German-Jewish actor and film director of the Weimar era, known for his character roles in classic films and his tragic fate in the Holocaust.
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