Hans Joachim Schaufuß

German actor

Hans Joachim Schaufuß
Born	28 December 1918 Hamburg, Germany
Died	27 October 1941 (1941-10-28) (aged 22) Oryol, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Killed in action
Other names	Hans Joachim Schaufuss Hans Schaufuß
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1940
Parent	Hans Hermann Schaufuß (father)

Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 December 1918 – 27 October 1941) was a German actor. Schaufuß began as a child actor, appearing in Emil and the Detectives (1931) and The White Demon (1932).^[1] From the mid-1930s he began to appear in more mature roles. He was killed in Oryol in the Soviet Union while serving on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

Biography

Schaufuß was the son of stage and film actor Hans Hermann Schaufuß and the older brother of actor Peter-Timm Schaufuß. Following his role in Emil and the Detectives, from the mid-1930s he began to appear in more mature film roles.

Schaufuß would be one of three young actors from Emil and the Detectives to be killed while serving in the military in World War II. Co-stars Rolf Wenkhaus would be killed in action at age 24 in January 1942 off the coast of Ireland with an aircrew that specialized in attacking Allied shipping and Hans Albrecht Löhr would be killed in action at age 21 in August 1942 on the Eastern Front.^[2]

Selected filmography

Emil and the Detectives (1931)
The White Demon (1932)
The Burning Secret (1933)
The Tsarevich (1933)
Gretel Wins First Prize (1933)
Annette in Paradise (1934)
Game on Board (1936)
Stjenka Rasin (1936)
The Beggar Student (1936)
The Dreamer (1936)

References

^ Youngkin p.465
^ Emil, Lottchen und der kleine Mann. Erich Kästners Kinderwelt. Bearbeitet von Ute Harbusch. Marbacher Magazin 86/1999, ISBN 3-933679-18-4.