Kurtz may refer to:
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Kurtz (''Heart of Darkness''), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel ''Heart of Darkness''
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Colonel Kurtz
Colonel Walter Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now''. Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also cal ...
, main character in the 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now''
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Kurtz (surname) Kurtz is a surname, mainly a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic/Yiddish), meaning someone who is short in height. It comes from the German word 'kurz' meaning 'short'.
Places
United States
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Kurtz, Indiana
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Kurtz, Michigan
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Kurtz Township, Minnesota
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Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
See also
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Kurz (disambiguation) Kurz is a German-language surname.
Kurz may also refer to:
Firearms
* Karabiner 98 Kurz, rifle
* Pointe Kurz, mountain on the border between France and Switzerland
* Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz, armored vehicle
* Walther PP Kurz, pistol serie ...
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6629 Kurtz, a main-belt asteroid
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Cowchock Wapner Kurtz syndrome
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