- Father of film director Frans Weisz.
- His wife was brought from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kratzau - she survived the imprisonment.
- As an actor he remained active till 1938 when his son was born, especially at the theater.
- When Germany also invaded Holland he and his wife hid but were Geza L. Weisz was arrested in 1943 because of his contact to the writer Hermann Krelaus who should had been a adherer of Leo Trotzki. After his release he and his wife hid again but in August 1944 they were arrested again and they were brought to Westerbork. On September 3 followed the deportation to Auschwitz where Geza L. Weisz was killed on the day of arrival.
- The actor Geza L. Weisz attained a huge name recognition in the second half of the 20's with special comical roles.
- With the rise of the talkies his appearances on the big screen became rarer, to his last movies belong "Hokuspokus" (1930) and "Der Tanzhusar" (1931).
- Geza L. Weisz founded a little literature agency in Amsterdam in 1935 and worked beside as a photographer and translator of books and articles.
- When Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany Geza L. Weisz went to Holland in 1933 where he joined the cabaret "Ping-Pong". There he played together with Dora Gerzon and Kurt Egon Wolff. After a trip to Switzerland in the same year the group returned to Holland again but Dora Gerzon was no longer part of the troup and "Ping-Pong" was not able to go on from the former successes.
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