René Blum (ballet)
René Blum may refer to: * René Blum (impresario) René Blum (13 March 1878 – September 1942) was a French theatrical impresario. He was the founder of the Ballet de l'Opéra at Monte Carlo and was the younger brother of the Socialist Prime Minister of France, Léon Blum. A Jew, he was intern ... (1878–1942), French ballet choreographer * René Blum (politician) (1889–1967), Luxembourgian politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Blum, Rene ...
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René Blum (impresario)
René Blum (13 March 1878 – September 1942) was a French theatrical impresario. He was the founder of the Ballet de l'Opéra at Monte Carlo and was the younger brother of the Socialist Prime Minister of France, Léon Blum. A Jew, he was interned in various camps from 1941 until he was murdered by the Nazis at the Auschwitz concentration camp in late September 1942. While at the camps, he was known for keeping up the spirits of his fellow prisoners with tales of his life in the arts. Biography Blum was born in Paris. At the turn of the 20th century he was an editor at the Parisian literary journal ''Gil Blas'' and a popular theatre critic.Homans, Jennifer"René Blum: Life of a Dance Master,"''New York Times'' (8 July 2011). He became a friend of Marcel Proust, and it was on his advice that Proust turned to Bernard Grasset to publish '' Du côté de chez Swann''. During World War I, Blum served in the Battle of the Somme. He saved threatened artwork from Amiens Cathedral and ...
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