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    Title

  • Alfred Kerr

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 18 x 23 centimeters

  • Date

    undated

  • Depicted

    Kerr, Alfred, 1867-1948

  • Subject

    Portraits, Men; Authors

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Alfred Kerr Collection, AR 2203

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Alfred Kerr was born 1867 as Alfred Kempner in Breslau, Silesia (today Wrocław, Poland) and became one of the most influential theater critics in Germany. In 1933, Kerr escaped Nazi persecution, fleeing to Prague, Switzerland, Paris and finally to England, where he became a naturalized citizen. He died during a visit to Hamburg in 1948.

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Citation

Alfred Kerr, Leo Baeck Institute, F 3560A.