Gad Granach | |
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![]() Gad Granach | |
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Died | 6 January 2011 95) | (aged
Occupation | Author |
Spouse | Miki Haviv [1] |
Parent | Alexander Granach Martha Guttmann |
Gad Granach (29 March 1915 – 6 January 2011) [2] was the son of German actor Alexander Granach known for his roles in Nosferatu , Ninotchka , and For Whom the Bell Tolls . Gad Granach fled Germany at the age of 21 during the rise of Nazism, immigrating to the then-British Mandate of Palestine in 1936. He published a memoir entitled Where is Home? Stories from the Life of a German-Jewish Émigré (originally in German: Heimat los! Aus dem Leben eines jüdischen Emigranten) recounting of his early life in Berlin and subsequent life in Israel.
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