1. Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym was a Polish actor and collaborator with Nazi Germany.
12 Facts About Igo Sym
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Igo Sym was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement.
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In late 1920s Igo Sym worked mainly in Austria and Germany, appearing with such actresses as Marlene Dietrich, Anny Ondra and Lilian Harvey in silent movies like Die Pratermizzi and Cafe Elektric directed by Gustav Ucicky.
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At the beginning of the 1930s, Igo Sym returned to Poland and settled in Warsaw.
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Igo Sym largely ceased working in motion pictures, instead appearing on the Warsaw theatre stage.
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Igo Sym entertained by singing, dancing and playing the musical saw; he notably taught Dietrich to play the instrument.
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Igo Sym was director of the Nur fur Deutsche cinema, the Helgoland, and licensee of the Teatr Komedia.
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Igo Sym did not perform in the film, but he actively collaborated in its production, casting Polish actors who were more or less willing to take part.
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Igo Sym finally found some actors who were accepted by director Ucicky.
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Igo Sym's behavior was loudly trumpeted by the Nazis, and his assassination would show the Poles that the underground movement was active, always ready to punish all traitors.
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When Roman Niewiarowicz informed the ZWZ that Igo Sym would leave for Vienna on 8 March 1941, the resistance decided to kill the collaborator before that date.
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On opening the door, Igo Sym was asked to confirm his name, which he did.