Harry Giese

Harry Giese (2 March 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a German theatre and voice actor born in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony.[1] He is best known for providing voiceovers on German newsreels during the Second World War especially Die Deutsche Wochenschau which was shown weekly in cinemas. The newsreel presented the latest news from war time fronts using film from cameramen working with the Wehrmacht.

Harry Giese
Harry Giese as speaker for Die Deutsche Wochenschau (English: The German Weekly Newsreel) (1941).
Born(1903-03-02)2 March 1903
Died20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 87)
Berlin, Germany[1]
OccupationActor

The Eternal Jew

He was the narrator of the anti-Semitic propaganda film The Eternal Jew (1940). The documentary was a product of the Ministry of Propaganda under Joseph Goebbels, who committed suicide in the bunker under the Reich Chancellery in April 1945, shortly after the suicide of Adolf Hitler.

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