Remember the scar General Burkhalter had? It was a real scar. . .given to the actor by the real Gestapo when the he was a young man.
The actor that played Lebeau(sp?) lived his early teen years in a Camp set up by the Nazis in France. He admitted the only reason he survived was that the Nazis found him 'entertaining' because of his earlier experiences and training in stage acting prior to the invasion..