1. Kurt Hirschfeld was born on 10 March 1902 in Lehrte, Lower Saxony, Germany to the Jewish merchant Hermann Hirschfeld and his wife Selma Zierl, the daughter of a rabbi.
11 Facts About Kurt Hirschfeld
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Kurt Hirschfeld studied philosophy, sociology, German, and art history in Heidelberg, Frankfurt am Main, and Gottingen.
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Kurt Hirschfeld made his directorial debut with Erich Kastners Leben in dieser Zeit.
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Kurt Hirschfeld was dismissed from this post after the Nazis came to power in March, 1933.
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Kurt Hirschfeld received a job offer from Ferdinand Rieser, director of the Pfauenbuhne in Zurich and emigrated to Switzerland, where he transformed the provincial stage into one of the most important German-language theaters outside Germany.
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Kurt Hirschfeld served as the new company's first dramaturg and became its vice director in 1946.
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Kurt Hirschfeld was one of the discoverers and early supporters of the Swiss playwrights Max Frisch and Friedrich Durrenmatt.
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Kurt Hirschfeld had a special interest in the dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht.
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In 1952, Kurt Hirschfeld married Tetta Scharff, daughter of the sculptor Edwin Scharff.
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Kurt Hirschfeld died of lung cancer in a sanatorium on the Tegernsee in 1964 at the age of 62.
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Kurt Hirschfeld was buried in Zurich's Israelitischer Friedhof Oberer Friesenberg.