Richard Löwenbein

Richard Löwenbein
Richard Löwenbein
Born	29 June 1894; Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	September 1943 (aged 49); Auschwitz, Occupied Poland
Occupation	Director, Writer
Years active	1914–1933 (film)

Richard Löwenbein (1894–1943) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director.[1] He was active in the German film industry during the Weimar Republic. The Jewish Löwenbein left Germany for France following the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933. After Germany occupied France in 1940 he was arrested and held at the Drancy internment camp before being transported to Auschwitz where he was killed.

Selected filmography

Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2007) [2005]. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-303-9.

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