Alma Rose: Haftlingsfrau Nr. 50831
TitleAlma Rose: Haftlingsfrau Nr. 50831
Author
Call number940.5318/0422
Object number08867m
Place of publicationPrague, Czech Republic
Year of publication
2013
Physical descriptionpp126-133
MaterialArticle
ISBN9788087211793
NotesArticle from the book 'Lest we forget: memory of totalitarianism in Europe' pp126-133
Description
Alma Rose was born into a very musical Jewish family in Vienna. Her father was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and her uncle was Gustav Mahler. She herself was an accomplished violinist. She married a Dutchman, and while attempting to flee through to Switzerland, was arrested and sent to Auschwitz. There she directed the women's orchestra of prisoners, and died in the concentration camp in 1944