Erich Ziegler (musician)

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Erich Ziegler (born January 3, 1900 in Berlin , German Reich ; died December 24, 1948 in The Hague , Netherlands ) was a German musician , conductor and composer .

Life

Until 1933, Ziegler had led a rather unspectacular life as Kapellmeister . Ostracized as a Jew in the Third Reich, the native of Berlin emigrated to the Netherlands, where he joined the emigrant theater “Theater der Prominenten”. During the German occupation in his new adopted home, Ziegler was arrested and deported to the Westerbork transit camp on December 2, 1942. From May 1943, he took part in Max Ehrlich's camp programs as a pianist and composer alongside Willy Rosen , such as Humor and Melody in 1943 .

Ziegler was liberated from Westerbork on April 12, 1945. He stayed in the Netherlands and found his job as musical director at the Skala Theater, where he musically supervised various revues. In 1948, the Dutch remigrant Jaap Speyer gave him the opportunity to compose a film music for the production of A Kingdom for a House . It was Erich Ziegler's last work. He died in The Hague on Christmas Eve 1948.

literature

  • Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 422.

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personal data
SURNAME Ziegler, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and Kapellmeister
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1948
Place of death The Hague , Netherlands