Carl Braun (2 June 1886,

Meisenheim Meisenheim () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Meisenheim (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. Meise ...

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– 24 April 1960,

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) was a

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bass opera singer.

Biography

He was born on 2 June 1886 in

in Germany. A pupil of the ''Berlin Imperial Opera'', he sang with the '' Wiesbaden Royal Opera'', ''Vienna Imperial Opera,'' ''Berlin City Opera,'' ''

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'', and the ''

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''. He was actor

Hermann Braun Hermann Braun (November 1, 1917 – January 18 or 20, 1945) was a German film actor, and the son of chamber singer Carl Braun. Biography New York City-born, Braun made his film debut in 1933 with ''Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz''. Braun was initial ...

's father, Carl Braun, was an early sympathizer with the

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and a member of the

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,Ernst Klee. ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, pp. 73–74. In 1932, he joined the

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. He died on 24 April 1960 in

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References

1886 births 1960 deaths People from Bad Kreuznach (district) Musicians from Hesse-Nassau German operatic basses Militant League for German Culture members 20th-century German male opera singers {{Germany-opera-singer-stub