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Paul Gruson

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Paul Gruson
Born(1895-12-24)24 December 1895
Died1969 (aged 73–74)
NationalityGerman
OccupationSculptor

Paul Gruson (24 December 1895 – 1969) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] Despite his Jewish ancestry, he managed to get the commission to design a monument in honor of the martyrs of the Nazi movement. Once the fact that he was "half-Jew" according to the Nazi racial calculus was discovered, Joseph Goebbels decided to grant him a special dispensation to avoid embarrassment.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Paul Gruson". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ Alan E. Steinweis, Art Ideology & Economics in Nazi Germany, 1993, UNC Press