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On 5 May 2012, the world premiere of the Requiem for Auschwitz, by composer Roger Moreno Rathgeb, was performed at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam by The Roma and Sinti Philharmoniker directed by Riccardo M Sahiti. The Philharmoniker is a pan-European orchestra of Roma and Sinto musicians generally employed by other classical orchestras; it is ...
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (German: [ˈleː.niː ˈʁiː.fn̩.ʃtaːl] ⓘ; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for producing Nazi propaganda. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl became interested in dancing during her childhood, taking lessons ...
USSR State Prize (1990) Meritorious Activist of Culture (1994) Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 [ note 1 ] – February 26, 1996) was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. Born in Warsaw to parents who worked in the Yiddish theatre in Poland, his early years were surrounded by music.
The music was upbeat, in the key of D major. The song was taught to Jews assigned to work in the Sonderkommando. [182] They were forced to memorise it by nightfall of their first day at the camp. [183] [184] Unterscharführer Franz Suchomel recalled the lyrics as follows: "We know only the word of the Commander. / We know only obedience and duty.
Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
Annelies Marie " Anne " Frank (German: [ˈanə (liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ, Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) [1] was a German -born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (/ ˈhaɪdrɪk / HY-drik, German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈʔɔʏɡeːn ˈhaɪdʁɪç, - ˈʔɔʏɡn̩ -] ⓘ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. Heydrich was chief of the Reich Security Main Office ...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[n 1] (/ tʃaɪˈkɒfski / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical ...