Ota potter
Ota Töpfer , also Otto Töpfer (born April 14, 1921 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ; died 1962 there ) was a Czech cabaret artist and comedian .
Live and act
Töpfer had probably tried his hand at being a comedian and cabaret artist immediately before the German troops marched into Prague and stood there “ in the tradition of folk cabaret ”. On December 4, 1941, the only 20-year-old from Prague was abducted to the nearby Theresienstadt ghetto , where he “ displayed a drastic sense of humor ” in performances . On September 28, 1944, Potter was transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp . The only reason he survived the hardships and tortures he experienced there was that he was still quite young. When Auschwitz was evacuated in January 1945 in view of the advancing Red Army, Otto Töpfer was transferred to the Flossenbürg concentration camp , where he arrived on February 6, 1945 and was liberated two months later in 1945. Töpfer then returned to his nearby Czech homeland and continued his artistic work there.
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 417.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Ota Töpfer on ushmm.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potter, Ota |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potter, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech cabaret artist and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1962 |
| Place of death | Prague |