Rudolf Bamberger | |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1888 |
Birth Place: | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, German Empire |
Death Place: | Auschwitz, German-occupied Poland |
Occupation: | Art director |
Yearsactive: | 1921-1933 (film) |
Rudolf Bamberger (21 May 1888 – January 1945) was a German art director.[1] He worked as a set designer in German theatre and cinema during the Weimar era. Following the introduction of sound film, he produced several documentaries. He was the elder brother of the director Ludwig Berger, and was married to the actress Hanna Waag.
The Jewish Bamberger left Germany following the Nazi takeover, and settled in Luxembourg. He was later arrested by Nazi authorities during the German wartime occupation and was sent to Auschwitz, where he was killed in there.