Heinz Ruehmann Autograph. Signed Photo plus Facsimile. COA

Heinz Ruehmann: Hand-signed portrait photo /Ruedel) and an early Ross photo of the young Ruehmann, facsimile signature.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity

Ruehmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led to him immediate stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometimes singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s.

Although he never supported the Nazi regime, his career after 1933 must at least be described as opportunistic, similar to that of his friend and colleague Hans Albers. In 1944 he starred in a nostalgic comedy of mistaken identities, Die Feuerzangenbowle, which must now be called the most popular film of his career.

Ruehmann was a favorite actor of Holocaust diarist, Anne Frank, who pasted his picture on the wall of her room in her family's hiding place during the war, where it can still be seen today. The enormous ambivalence of Rühmann's early career is illustrated by the fact that he was also a favorite actor of Adolf Hitler and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.