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20
enero 1900

Adolf Schächter
Violinist, Adolf Schächter (born #OTD in 1900) was the brother of Rafael Schächter. On 12 September 1942 he was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt then, on 28 September 1944 to Auschwitz where he died.
20
enero 1889

Alfred Stadler
Choirmaster, conductor, teacher and composer Alfred Stadler (born #OTD 1889) was executed as a hostage in Janowska. In 1943, his name appeared on a list of hostages in Lviv, taken in retaliation for the killing of a German by Poles.
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In 1939 the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) tried to join the Resistance in France but was not accepted because of his age.
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Richard Fuchs
Richard Fuchs was a German Jewish architect, artist and composer who founded the Baden-Wurttenberg branch of the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural League).
Wilhelm Rettich
Wilhelm Rettich was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He fled to the Netherlands in 1933 and survived the Nazi occupation by hiding in a cellar.

Hans Keller
Austrian-born British musicologist and music critic Hans Keller (1919-1985), who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, was arrested by the Nazis and forced to leave Austria following the Anschluss in 1938.

Peter Gellhorn
German conductor, composer and pianist Peter Gellhorn (1912-2004) fled Germany during the 1930s and settled in London. He conducted at the Royal Opera House, Sadler’s Wells and Glyndebourne.