Misha Veksler

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Misha Veksler (born 1907 in Vilnius , Russian Empire , today Vilnius, Lithuania ; died 1943 in Ponar or Majdanek concentration camp ) was a Lithuanian composer , pianist and conductor .

Live and act

Little is known about Veksler's education, career and activities before the anti-Semitic persecution. As a result of the occupation of his Lithuanian homeland by the German Wehrmacht in 1941, the Jewish artist, who suffered from early polio, was arrested in his hometown of Vilnius and taken to the city's ghetto. There he directed the Jewish theater orchestra and wrote a number of songs and revues that premiered on site. Among the works that survived the Holocaust are the Yiddish compositions “ Fun kolkhoz bin ich ”, “ Peshe fun reshe ” and “ Korene yorn un vey tsu di teg ”. Many of these works were created in collaboration with the Jewish librettist Leyb Rozental , who wrote the texts. “ Yisrolik ” is the best-known work of the two . The story is about a courageous orphan boy who finds his way through the ghetto. As a result of the evacuation of the ghetto in 1943, Veksler was abducted and either murdered in the Ponar district or deported to the Majdanek extermination camp.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sound recording with Chayela Rosental , Paris around 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. 418.

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personal data
SURNAME Veksler, Misha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian composer, pianist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilnius , Russian Empire , today Vilnius, Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH 1943
Place of death Ponar or Majdanek concentration camp