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Remembering anti-Nazi actor Marlene Dietrich, 30 years after her death
JENNY FARRELL pays tribute to the German-born star of the big screen who spoke out against her fascist homeland
Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel (1930)
For 80 years, survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings have pleaded “never again,” for anyone. But are we listening, asks Linda Pentz Gunter
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MARLENE DIETRICH, who died 30 years ago, on May 6 1992, must be remembered not only for her importance as role model for emancipation, but also for her outspoken and active stand against her Nazi homeland.
Born in Berlin on December 27 1901, she became one of the most famous actors of all time.
Her breakthrough came with the 1929 film The Blue Angel. She left Germany for Hollywood in 1930.
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