Paul Velsa

Paul Isaac Welsa (known professionally as Paul Velsa; 29 December 1905 – 20 May 1944) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1938.

Biography Paul Isaac Welsa was born on at the maternity ward of the Hôpital Saint-Antoine in the 12th arrondissement of Paris to Maurice and Jeanne Welsa (née Aronowitz), both of Polish-Jewish origin. His first known performance on stage was at the age of 17 at the Théâtre des Ternes in February 1923. He appeared onscreen, nine years later, as Corporal Bourrache in the silent film Tire-au-flanc; a screen adaptation of the 1904 play of the same name by André Mouëzy-Éon, directed by Jean Renoir.

He was transferred from Lithuania to Auschwitz concentration camp where he died on 20 May 1944 at the age of 38.

Selected filmography Captain Fracasse (1929) I'll Be Alone After Midnight (1931) Heart of Paris (1932) A Telephone Call (1932) The Crime of Bouif (1933) Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman (1933) The Crisis is Over (1934) Nitchevo (1936) The Brighton Twins (1936) Boissière (1937) Widow's Island (1937) The Two Schemers (1938)