His first prominent film role was a small but important part in the Oscar nominated Kapò (1959).
Martin Gerken was a German communist and one of the highest-ranking Kapos in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.
She later starred in the Italian Holocaust film Kapò which was nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign film of 1960.
Kapò | Kapo | Hysni Kapo |
Józef Jankowski, Pallotine, priest, (1910 born in Czyczkowy near Brusy, Kashubia (died 16 October 1941 in KL Auschwitz beaten by kapo)