Alma Rose: Haftlingsfrau Nr. 50831
TítuloAlma Rose: Haftlingsfrau Nr. 50831
Autor
Call number940.5318/0422
Número del objeto08867m
Lugar de publicaciónPrague, Czech Republic
Año de publicación
2013
Paginaciónpp126-133
MaterialArticle
ISBN9788087211793
NotesArticle from the book 'Lest we forget: memory of totalitarianism in Europe' pp126-133
Descripción
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