Clapton in Hackney in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre

Photographed by Jerry Klinger

1. Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre Marker

Inscription.
Jewish Prosecutor - Belsen War Crimes Trials
Famous actor and soldier (1905-78)
was born in this house

…שמחה לצדיק עשות משפט
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous...
Proverbs 21:15

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation., and the The Holocaust series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is August 9, 1905.

Location. 51° 34.16′ N, 0° 4.102′ W. Marker is in Hackney, England, in Greater London. It is in Clapton. It is on Kyverdale Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 144 Kyverdale Road, Hackney, England N16 6PU, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western

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World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sir Arnold Wesker (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Barnett Lewis (approx. one kilometer away); Captain John Danny (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Mary Wollstonecraft (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Newington Green (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Sgt. Issy Smith, VC (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); The 43 Group (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); Operation Mincemeat (approx. 2.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hackney.

Regarding Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre. Leopold John Genn, famous British entertainer and actor, WW2 Hero and influential prosecutor in the Belsen War Crime Trials. The Trials established international precedence while irrefutably confirming the factual foundings of the Holocaust.

The Imperial War Museum described the impact of the Belsen War Crime Trials:

"The Belsen Trial attracted considerable international media attention. It gave the world its first real glimpse of the

Photographed by Jerry Klinger

2. Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre Marker

fathomless horror of the Holocaust, and of the `death factory’ of Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was also the first occasion on which film was submitted as evidence in a war crimes trial.

Although it was soon overshadowed by the major trials at Nuremberg, the Belsen Trial broke the ground on which subsequent war crimes tribunals were constructed. Seventy-six years on, the images and the testimony it presented to the world remain as shocking now as they did then."

Also see . . .
1. Leo Genn. (Submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
2. Leo Genn.

Genn was commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 6 July 1940 and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1943. In 1944, the actor was given official leave to appear as the Constable of France in Laurence Olivier's Henry V. Genn was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1945. He was part of the British unit that investigated war crimes at Belsen concentration camp and later was an assistant prosecutor at the trial for Belsen in Lüneburg, Germany.

(Submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)

3. Leo Genn.

Born to a Jewish family
Photographed by Jerry Klinger, 1952

3. Lt. Col. Leo Genn, RA, Croix de Guerre Marker
in London, Genn was educated as a lawyer and was a practicing barrister until after World War II, in which he served in the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He began his acting career at The Old Vic and made his film debut in 1935, starring in a total of 85 screen roles until his death in 1978. For his portrayal of Petronius in the 1951 Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

(Submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)

4. "I Went back" Leo Genn visits Post-World War II. (Submitted on July 29, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 532 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.