Comments on: Berlin’s “Theater des Volkes”: The Dark Side of Germany’s Entertainment Industry http://operetta-research-center.org/theater-des-volkes-berlin-history-new-book-sabine-schneller-guido-herrmann/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: William Gillespie http://operetta-research-center.org/theater-des-volkes-berlin-history-new-book-sabine-schneller-guido-herrmann/#comment-11466 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 03:03:05 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24370#comment-11466 A newspaper photo dated 21/11/1933 in “the General-Anzieger für das Gesamte Rheinisch-Westfälische Industriegebeit” shows the great actor Heinrich George with his arm around the boy who played the title role in the Nazi propaganda film HITLERJUNGE QUEX (Jürgen Ohlsen) with the photo caption reading (trans.):

As part of the founding celebration of the Theatre of 5000, Heinrich George held a dialogue with the Hitler Youth Quex, written by Rolf Brandt.

The film was at the time of this newspaper photo being screened across the Reich in hundreds of movie theaters.

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