Hansi Burg (born Wilhelmine Alexandrine Hansi Antoinette Hirschburg; 12 February 1898 – 14 March 1975) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n-born

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta ...

and

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She was born in

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as the daughter of

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was b ...

, a leading German actor. She took up professional acting in 1917, appearing mostly on the stage but also in several

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

. Burg became known for her long-term relationship with the film star Hans Albers who she met while they were acting together. The

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels forced them to split up because she was Jewish, although they remained in secret contact. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

she lived in exile in Britain. She returned in 1945 and settled down to live with Albers again. Her father died in

Theresienstadt concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...

. Burg died in Garatshausen, Feldafing municipality in 1975 and is buried at the Alter Friedhof in

Tutzing Tutzing is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the west bank of the Starnberger See. Just 40 km south-west of Munich and with good views of the Alps, the town was traditionally a favorite vacation spot for thos ...

, Bavaria. Burg Hansi

Filmography

* '' Mutter Erde'' (1919) * '' Abenteuer der Bianetti'' (1919) * ''

The Girl from Acker Street ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (german: Das Mädchen aus der Ackerstraße) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Otto Gebühr, Lilly Flohr, and Rosa Valetti. It was followed by two sequels directed by We ...

'' (1920) * '' Der unsichtbare Dieb'' (1920)

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* 1898 births 1975 deaths Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses Austrian silent film actresses German film actresses German stage actresses German silent film actresses Actresses from Vienna Austrian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-stub