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Egon Ledeč (16 March 1889, Biography
/ref> Gideon Klein died in the liquidation of the Fürstengrube camp in January 1945. Egon Ledeč was born on 16 March 1889, in Kostelec nad Orlici, to Samuel and Luisa Ledeč née Stasna.
Egon Ledec biography at World ORT's Music and the Holocaust
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledec, Egon 1889 births 1944 deaths 20th-century classical violinists Czechoslovak classical composers Czech male classical composers Czechoslovak classical violinists Jewish classical composers Male classical violinists Concertmasters People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District Czech Jews who died in the Holocaust Czech people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto prisoners
Egon Ledeč (16 March 1889, Kostelec nad Orlicí
Kostelec nad Orlicí (; german: Adlerkosteletz) is a town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants.
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Villages of Koryta, Kostelecká Lhota and Kozodr ...
– October 1944, Auschwitz
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) was a Czechoslovak violinist and composer of Jewish
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origin. Ledeč was one of the artists sent to Theresienstadt
Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Schutzstaffel, SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German occupation of Czechoslovakia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstad ...
and is shown as concertmaster in Karel Ančerl
Karel Ančerl (11 April 1908 – 3 July 1973) was a Czechoslovak conductor and composer, renowned especially for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers.
Ančerl was born into a prosper ...
’s orchestra in the Nazi propaganda movie '' Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area''. He was transported to Auschwitz on 16 October 1944 together with Gideon Klein
Gideon Klein (6 December 1919 – c. January 1945) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakian pianist, european classical music, classical music composer, educator and organizer of cultural life at Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Life
Klein was bor ...
, Viktor Ullmann
Viktor Ullmann (1 January 1898, in Český Těšín, Teschen – 18 October 1944, in KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau) was a Silesia-born Austrians, Austrian composer, conductor and pianist.
Biography
Viktor Ullmann was born on 1 January 1898 in Český ...
, Rafael Schächter
Rafael Schächter (born 25 May 1905, died on the death march during the evacuation of Auschwitz in 1945), was a Czechoslovak composer, pianist and conductor of Jewish origin, organizer of cultural life in Terezín concentration camp.
Life
H ...
, and Franz Eugen Klein, apart from Gideon Klein the other four musicians were murdered immediately on arrival./ref> Gideon Klein died in the liquidation of the Fürstengrube camp in January 1945. Egon Ledeč was born on 16 March 1889, in Kostelec nad Orlici, to Samuel and Luisa Ledeč née Stasna.
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External links
Egon Ledec biography at World ORT's Music and the Holocaust
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledec, Egon 1889 births 1944 deaths 20th-century classical violinists Czechoslovak classical composers Czech male classical composers Czechoslovak classical violinists Jewish classical composers Male classical violinists Concertmasters People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District Czech Jews who died in the Holocaust Czech people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto prisoners