Curt Lowens

Curt Lowens (17 November 1925 – 8 May 2017

Life and career

Born Curt Löwenstein in the

Lowens' older brother Heinz successfully emigrated to Britain a few months before the start of

The family subsequently went into hiding, each separately since individuals were more readily placed in homes of rescuers. Curt took on the false identity of "Ben Joosten". He managed to visit his mother when she, also under a false name, was treated at a hospital run by Catholic nuns; she died in January 1944. Curt, meanwhile, had become active in a network of Dutch rescuers, including Hanna Van de Voort [nl] and Nico Dohmen [nl], aiding Jewish children in hiding. By war's end, some 150 Jewish children were rescued by this group alone. Curt Lowens also aided two downed American Army Air Corps flyers, for which he later received a commendation from General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After liberation, he joined the British Eighth Corps as an interpreter, aiding the British in their house arrest of the remaining Nazi leaders in Flensburg, Germany in mid-May 1945.^[4]

In 1947, Curt, his father, and step-mother emigrated to the United States. Under the name Curt Lowens, he trained to become an actor, studying at the

References

External links

• Curt Lowens at
  IMDb 
• Curt Lowens at the Internet Broadway Database
• Curt Lowens at AllMovie