Composers Lost in The Nazi Holocaust

Name

Lifespan

Nationality

Achievements

Cause of Death

Pavel Haas

1899–1944

Czech

Composer

killed in gas chamber at Auschwitz

Žiga Hirschler

1894–1941

Croatian

composer

 

Gideon Klein

1919–1945

Czech

composer

killed during liquidation of Fürstengrube sub-camp of Auschwitz

Hans Krása

1899–1944

Czech (Bohemian)

composer

killed in gas chamber at Auschwitz

Leon Jessel

1871–1942

Berlin German

composer

tortured by Gestapo

Erwin Schulhoff

1894–1942

Czech

composer, jazz pianist

tuberculosis at Wülzburg concentration camp

Viktor Ullmann

1898–1944

Czech

composer, pianist

killed in gas chamber at Auschwitz

Karlrobert Kreiten

1916–1943

German

pianist

hanged at Plötzensee Prison

Alma Rosé

1906–1944

Austrian

violinist, conductor

possibly poisoning, at Auschwitz

Józef Koffler

1896–1944

Krosno Polish

composer, teacher, columnist

probably shot by Einsatzgruppen

Leo Smit

1900–1943

Dutch

composer

killed in gas chamber at Sobibór

Marcel Tyberg

1893–1944

Austrian

composer, pianist, conductor

 

Gershon Sirota

1874–1943

Polish

tenor

killed in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Ilse Weber

1903–1944

Czech

composer, playwright

killed in gas chamber at Auschwitz