Susanne Bandler
Susanne Bandler (born May 3, 1924 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ; died presumably March 1965 in London , United Kingdom ) was a Czech-British actress and cabaret artist .
Live and act
As the daughter of the singer Rudolf Bandler , Susanne Bandler came into contact with the stage at an early age. As a child, she appeared in the theater and appeared on radio programs. As Suse Bandler you could u. a. Perceived in 1934 in the radio play Hans and Franz on the road in the land of milk and honey. In 1942, one year after her father, the 18-year-old was deported on the C-621 from her hometown Prague to the Theresienstadt ghetto , where she took part in artistic camp activities. The following year, German agencies transferred Susanne Bandler to the Lodz ghetto and finally to Auschwitz on the transport Prague 12-3b. Because of her young age, she survived this extermination camp. In a death march, when the Red Army approached, she was brought to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and, after liberation in 1945, was able to travel to Great Britain in Bernatice, around 75 kilometers south of Prague. In London, Susanne Bandler continued her cabaret work (The Blue Danube) . The woman from Prague, married to a British man, died in London in the spring of 1965.
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. 381.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old Aquaitances. Obituary. In: AJR Information. March 1965, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bandler, Susanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-British actress and cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: March 1965 |
| Place of death | London , UK |