Australia Farewells a Noble German

August 15, 2011 by  

Jurgen Corleis was the son of a Jewish mother and Jewish grandmother. He practised no religion but always said he was Jewish. No-one in the Sydney Jewish community knew him except J-Wire. The man cremated today in Sydney was a high calibre foreign correspondent and documentary maker. The film which plays continuously to visitors at the Bergen-Belsen camp was made by Jurgen Curleis. Former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Frank Walker told Jurgen’s story this morning…. Read more