Kurt Retzer (Pollitzer)

Kurt RETZER (POLLITZER): b. 11 June 1913, Bozen/Bolzano - d. 23 Sept 1938, Sierra de Caballos?, Spain, Civil War Anti-Faschist soldier

Information courtesy of various sources including the following.

cf. details on mother's estranged second husband Richard POLLITZER.

And also -

The two RETZER half-brothers started appearing on stage at a very early age, generally together. There are several mentions of them in newspapers of the era.

e.g.

ANNO, Die Stunde, 1930-05-04, Seite 8

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=std&datum=19300504&quer...

Kurt RETZER also co-authored a work for the stage:

ANNO, Wiener Zeitung, 1932-05-03, Seite 8

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wrz&datum=19320503&quer...

He later also tried his hand at directing:

ANNO, Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Wochen-Ausgabe), 1936-04-25, Seite 16

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=nwt&datum=19360425&quer...

Kurt apparently left Austria to fight against the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War and died there in combat in 1938.

ANNO, Österreichische Volksstimme, 1946-09-11, Seite 3

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=ovs&datum=19460911&quer...

Valuable details thanks to:

https://www.doew.at/erinnern/biographien/spanienarchiv-online/spani...

Pollitzer-Retzer, Kurt
ÖsterreicherInnen für Spaniens Freiheit 1936-1939

geb. 11. 6. 1913 in Bozen

Schauspieler. Ledig, 1 Sohn.

Wien. Sekretär des Theaterdirektors Rudolf Beer an der Scala Wien. Aus Österreich nach Spanien. XI. IB.

Gefallen am 23. 9. 1938 in der Sierra Caballs.