Editing Kurt Gerron (section)

==Early life and education ==
Kurt Gerron was born as Kurt Gerson in [[Berlin]], Germany, on 11 May 1897, the only child of Max and Toni (née Riese) Gerson.  His father ran a clothing business.<ref name=yv>{{cite web |title=The story of Kurt Gerron, successful Jewish actor and director in Germany Between the World Wars |website=Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center  |date=26 November 2024 |url=https://www.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/last-deportees/terezin-auschwitz.html |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>

He was badly injured twice during combat after enlisting in the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] during [[World War I]], so  was discharged. He started studying medicine, and re-enlisted in the army as a doctor after two years.  He completed his studies after the war ended, but decided to embark on a career in acting a year later,<ref name=yv/> having started to perform on stage around 1920.<ref name=hhs>{{cite web |title=Kurt Gerron |website=Holocaust Historical Society |date=25 February 1944 |url=https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/jewishbiographies/kurtgerron.html |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>