Marion Bienes
About Marion Bienes
Marion Bienes was an animal rights activist, operetta singer, model and cabaret performer. A German of Jewish descent, she survived the Holocaust and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. After the war she worked as an operetta singer and cabaret performer in New York, then Amsterdam, Berlin and Locarno. In 1975 she ended this career to campaign against vivisection, becoming known for locking herself in a cage in city centres including Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Brussels, Washington and New York. In 1989 she founded the Foundation for the Abolition of Animal Testing (SAD).
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Who was Marion Bienes?
Marion Bienes was an operetta singer, model and cabaret performer who later became known as an animal rights activist.
Where did Marion Bienes perform cabaret?
After the war she worked as an operetta singer and cabaret performer, first in New York and then in Amsterdam, Berlin and Locarno.
Why did Marion Bienes give up cabaret?
In 1975 she ended her stage career to campaign against vivisection, and she became known for locking herself in a cage in city centres such as Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Brussels, Washington and New York.
What organisation did Marion Bienes found?
In 1989 Marion Bienes founded the Foundation for the Abolition of Animal Testing, known as SAD.
