Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming, and golfing. He disliked heights, flying, the number 17, wearing ties, pudding, and interviews. His first wife, Ilona (nicknamed Lily), was Jewish. Whenever Conrad had to fill out his ethnic background on forms to get a job, he wrote ...[Read Story]