List of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra expelled and murdered by the Nazi regime

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The list of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra expelled and murdered by the Nazi regime includes, as far as is known, those members of the Vienna Philharmonic who were deposed or removed by the Nazi regime , arrested, forced to emigrate, driven to suicide or murdered. This list is based on information from Bernadette Mayrhofer, which was published on the orchestra's website.

Quote

“Why am I not allowed to make music with them? I am one of them! I'm the concertmaster! "

- Arnold Rosé : On his removal from the program immediately after the “Anschluss”, Vienna 1938

List of names

Wiener Philharmoniker
Surname instrument born further life path
Hugo Burghauser bassoon February 27, 1896 in Vienna Escape to Toronto , later to New York
Friedrich Buxbaum Solo cellist September 23, 1869 in Vienna Emigration to London
Daniel Falk violin January 17, 1898 in Stanislau Escape to New York
Paul Fischer violin August 31, 1876 in Vienna Died on November 4, 1942 - “after discharge, violent eviction and forced resettlement, financial hardship, illness, miserable living conditions, etc.” - at the age of 66 in the Jewish hospital in Vienna-Leopoldstadt
Leopold Föderl violin November 6, 1892 in Vienna Escape to Chicago , 1953 return to Vienna
Josef Geringer violin March 9, 1892 in Sniatyn Escape to New York
Moriz Glattauer violin January 16, 1870 in Vienna Deported and murdered in a concentration camp
Ricardo Odnoposoff Violin , concertmaster February 24, 1914 in Buenos Aires Escape via Brussels to Buenos Aires , later to New York , 1956 return to Vienna
Viktor Robitsek violin May 19, 1877 in Vienna Deported and murdered in a concentration camp
Arnold Rosé Violin , concertmaster October 24, 1863 in Jassy Escape to London , died there on August 25, 1946
Berthold Salander violin October 26, 1887 in Vienna Escape to New York
Max Starkmann Violin , viola October 2, 1880 in Vienna Deported and murdered in a concentration camp
Julius Stwertka Violin , concertmaster March 7, 1872 in Vienna Deported and murdered in a concentration camp
Armin Tyroler oboe September 14, 1873 in Turocz St. Martón Deported and murdered in a concentration camp
Anton Weiss violin January 1, 1875 in Schwechat Died of a stroke on December 1, 1940 as a result of eviction from his home
Ludwig Wittels violin March 21, 1896 in Vienna Escape to New York

Sources for dismissals, evictions and murders:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernadette Mayrhofer: Expulsion and murder of the Vienna Philharmonic after 1938 , accessed from the website of the Vienna Philharmonic on January 5, 2017