Editing Gert Fröbe (section)

== Early life and education ==
Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of [[Zwickau]]. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for [[Kabarett]] and [[theatre]] work.<ref name="In 1935, he studied acting with [[Erich Ponto]].latobit">{{cite news|last=Fokart|first=Burt A.|date=7 September 1988|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-07-mn-1578-story.html|title=Gert Frobe, 75; Portrayed Goldfinger in Bond Movie|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

He joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1934 at the age of 21 and left in 1937, before the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|website=kultiversum.de|date=2 February 2010|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121533/http://www.kultiversum.de/TV-Film-Themen/Gert-Froebe-Hotzenplotz-und-Pickelhaube.html|title=Hotzenplotz und Pickelhaube|language=de}}</ref> After his party membership became known after the war, Israel banned Fröbe's films until Mario Blumenau, a Jewish survivor, revealed just eight weeks later that his life and his mother's were probably saved when Fröbe hid them from the Nazis in his basement.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |date=6 September 1988 |title=Gert Frobe, an Actor, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/obituaries/gert-frobe-an-actor-dies-at-75.html |access-date=18 July 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

In September 1944, theatres in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] were closed down and Fröbe was drafted into the [[German Army (1935–1945)|German Army]], where he served until the end of the war.<ref name="In 1935, he studied acting with [[Erich Ponto]].latobit" />