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Rafael Schächter (born 25 May 1905, died on the death march during the evacuation of Auschwitz in 1945) [citation needed], was a Czechoslovak composer, pianist and conductor of Jewish [citation needed] origin, organizer of cultural life in Terezín concentration camp.
A group of Holocaust survivors being met by Ernst Albrecht in Bonn. The people on this list are or were survivors of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe before and during World War II.
Irmgard Ilse Ida Grese [7] was born to Berta Grese and Alfred Grese, both dairy workers, on 7 October 1923. Irma was the third eldest (three sisters and two brothers). [8] In 1936, her mother committed suicide by drinking hydrochloric acid following the discovery of Alfred’s affair with a local pub owner's daughter. [9]
Maria Mandl (also spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian SS-Helferin ("SS helper") and a war criminal known for her role in the Holocaust as a top-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, [1] where she is believed to have been directly complicit in the deaths of over 500,000 prisoners. [2]
It was long believed that he had died by suicide in transit, but the date of his death was recorded in Auschwitz as 31 December 1944. [1] [3] Tyberg's surviving music, in the form of manuscript scores, was entrusted by him to his friend, Dr. Milan Mihich, and ultimately brought to the United States. Works from this cache have begun to be recorded.
The collection as a whole was first published as The Auschwitz Album in 1980 in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, by the Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, but individual images had been published before that – for example, during the 1947 Auschwitz trial in Poland and the 1963–1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
Anita and Renate were sent to Auschwitz in December 1943 [4] on separate prison trains, a far less squalid way to arrive than by cattle truck, and less dangerous, since there was no selection on arrival. [2] Playing in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz saved her, [5] as cello players were difficult to replace. The orchestra played marches as ...
Ein Engel in der Hölle von Auschwitz: Das Leben der Krankenschwester Maria Stromberger [An Angel in the Hell of Auschwitz: The Life of Nurse Maria Stromberger] (in German). Falter Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85439-702-1. Witek-Malicka, Wanda (August 2021). "The Champion of Auschwitz, Directed by Maciej Barczewski Historical Review" (PDF).