One of West Germany’s highest decorations was today awarded to ‘Werner Krauss, a German actor who is identified in the public mind with the most repulsive manifestations of Jew-baiting on the Nazi stage.
Bonn President Prof. Theodor Heuss awarded the Federal Grand Cross to Krauss on the occasion of the actor’s 70th birthday. The presentation was made today in Berlin by Sen. H. Tibertius, head of the city’s cultural and education department.
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