caption death_date death_place birth_place imdb_id imagesize othername birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
otto wallburg 29 october 1944 -lrb- aged 55 -rrb- auschwitz concentration camp poland berlin , german empire 0908963 160px otto wasserzug 21 february 1889 1926 - 1938 otto-wallburg-als-junger-schauspieler - -lrb- bern,-1909 -rrb- . jpg otto wallburg
 otto wallburg film actor
otto wallburg

otto wallburg -lrb- 1899 -- 1944 -rrb- was a german actor and kabarett performer .
he was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era .
wallburg was born otto wasserzug in berlin , the son of a jewish banker .
he drifted into stage acting , but served in the german army during the first world war and was wounded on the eastern front after winning an iron cross .
from 1926 onwards he worked in the large german film industry , including many productions made by ufa .
when the nazis came to power in 1933 he left germany and moved to austria where he continued to work in film .
he later moved to france and then on to the netherlands .
he was arrested following the 1940 german invasion of the netherlands .
he was held for a while at westerbork transit camp , and later moved to auschwitz where he was killed .
