He was a silent film star and was known for his physical comedy. his trademark was a stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "the great stone face"

they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming.

the pogroms became known as kristallnacht, the "night of shattered glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows that littered the streets. the morning after the pogroms 30,000 german jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being jewish and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds of them perished.