Luft, Herbert G., 1907-

Herbert George Luft (1907-1992) was born in Essen, Germany and married Pepi Paula Luft in 1937. Herbert Luft was interned at the Dachau concentration camp for six months in 1938 before he and his wife fled to England and later the United States. From 1942-1943 both of the Lufts worked for the U.S. Office of War Information writing and broadcasting allied propaganda to Nazi Germany.

Luft served as assistant film editor for Samuel Goldwyn Studios from 1944-1948 before working as a journalist for the "Jewish Telegraphic Agency," "Films in Review" and the "Hollywood Reporter" and covering the trial of Nazi Adolph Eichmann from 1960-1961 in Israel. Luft was an executive with Getty Films from 1969-1992 and wrote or translated the films "M," "Night Riders," and "Hong Kong Affair."

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