Ernst Ottwalt

Ernst Ottwalt

Born

November 13, 1901

Died

August 24, 1943 (41 years old)

Known For

Writing

Place of Birth

Ernst Ottwalt was the pen name of German writer and playwright Ernst Gottwalt Nicolas. A communist, he fled Nazi Germany in 1934 and went into exile in the Soviet Union. It was there that he fell victim to the Great Purge, and died in a Soviet gulag. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht to write the screenplay for the film Kuhle Wampe.

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