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- Birth nameFranz Friedrich Grünbaum
- Fritz Grünbaum was born on April 7, 1880 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Csikosbaroneß (1930), 1. April 2000 (1952) and Liebeskommando (1931). He was married to Lilly Herzl, Mizzi Dressl and Karolina Nagelmüller. He died on January 14, 1941 in Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpousesLilly Herzl(1919 - ?)Mizzi Dressl(1916 - ?) (divorced)Karolina Nagelmüller(1908 - 1914) (divorced)
- Cabaret artist with Vienna's "Simplizissimus" and author of operettas and revues. A former lawyer, he took to performing from 1906. His lampooning of the Nazis, combined with the fact that he was a Jew, led to his internment in Dachau concentration camp. Already suffering from consumption, he died there in 1941.
- The eloquent artist was spotted for the talkies at the beginning of the 30's and was often responsible for the amusing part.
- A star was dedicated to him on the Walk of Fame of cabaret.
- At an age of 18 years, he attended law school in Vienna which he concluded, in fact, as a doctor, but more and more he began to show interest for literature.
- The actor Fritz Grünbaum was well-known as a sharp-tongued cabaret artist in the first place. Even in the years of the National Socialism he wasn't afraid of going for the actual rulers.
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