Egon Ledeč (16 March 1889,

Kostelec nad Orlicí Kostelec nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Kostelec nad Orlicí consists of four municipal parts (in brackets ...

– October 1944,

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) was a Czechoslovak violinist and composer of

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origin. Ledeč was one of the artists sent to

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and is shown as concertmaster in

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’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,

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, and Franz Eugen Klein, apart from Gideon Klein the other four musicians were murdered immediately on arrival.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.

References

External links

Egon Ledec biography at World ORT's Music and the Holocaust
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