Karl Gass
Karl Gass (2 February 1917, Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden – 29 January 2009) was a German documentary filmmaker. He was a soldier in the elite Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland of the Wehrmacht throughout the duration of WW2, where he served as a lieutenant on the Western and Eastern campaigns, until he was captured by the British with the defeat of Nazi Germany. After being released from captivity after the war, he became a documentary maker.
Karl Gass
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- Born
- 1917 · Mannheim.
- Died
- 2009 · Kleinmachnow.
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- television presenter · journalist · university teacher · writer · director · screenwriter
- Fields
- documentary film
- Honours
- National Prize of East Germany · Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
- Languages
- German
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He had the idea for the DEFA long term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" (The children of Golzow). He was born in Mannheim and died in Kleinmachnow, aged 91. According to Frank Pergande, Gass was "one of the most influential propagandists" of the state.
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Karl Gass was born in Mannheim (2 February 1917) and died in Kleinmachnow (29 January 2009).
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is documentary film. Distinctions recorded are National Prize of East Germany and Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver.
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Karl Gass (2 February 1917 – 29 January 2009) is described as a director and screenwriter in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.„Vater des DDR-Dokfilms“ Karl Gass gestorben. Zeit Online. 2009-01-30.
- 2.Frank Pergande. Üb immer Treu und Redlichkeit. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- 3.Gass, Karl. Elke Schieber. 946.
- 4.Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990. Band 1: Abendroth – Lyr. K. G. Saur, München 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2, S. 211.
- 5.Ines Walk. Karl Gass.
- 6.Volker Koepp: Er hat uns den Weg geebnet. Deutschlandradio Kultur, 30. Januar 2009; zum Tod von Karl Gass
- 7.Steinle, Matthias. Vom Feindbild zum Fremdbild. Die gegenseitige Darstellung von BRD und DDR im Dokumentarfilm. 2002.
- 8.Hartewig, Karin. Freiheit und Zensur. Notizen zu Filmen der DEFA. 2018.
- 9.Hartewig, Karin. Freiheit und Zensur. Notizen zu Filmen der DEFA. 2018.
- 10.Joachim Walther: Sicherungsbereich Literatur - Schriftsteller und Staatssicherheit in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Ullstein (Taschenbuch 26553), Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-26553-7; zu „feindlich-negativen Kulturschaffenden“ S. 100, zu Gass S. 101
- 11.In: Märkische Allgemeine, 30. Januar 2009; Nachruf
- 12.2019-04. progress-film.de.
- 13.Peter Bahl. Rezension zu: Karl Gass. Der Militärtempel der Hohenzollern. 2000.
- 14.Yvonne Jennerjahn: Golzows Kinder sind erwachsen. In: Berliner Morgenpost. 8. Februar 2008, S. 19
- 15.DDR-Dokumentarfilmer Gass gestorben. Spiegel Online / dpa, 30. Januar 2009
- 16.2019-04. progress-film.de.
- 17.Vom Alex zum Eismeer auf www.defa-stiftung.de
- 18.2021-07-09.
- 19.2021-07-09.
- 20.Kosmos.
- 21.Asse-Anno ’74.
- 22.Richard – Der Bauer.
- 23.Nürnberg – nicht schuldig.
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