Given an open-ended topic (movie name, a persons name, an event, sports, etc) generate a simple trivia-type question.

Q: dora gerson

A: At what location, the largest of its type, were the German actors Max Ehrlich, Kurt Gerron and Dora Gerson all murdered?
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Q: alcatraz federal penitentiary

A: Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939?
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Q: bertolt brecht

A:
Who wrote the music for Berthold Brecht's `The Beggars Opera'?
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