Oskar Basch

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Memorial stone for Oskar Basch

Oskar Basch ( November 7, 1879 in Linz - 1942 in Ghetto Izbica ) was an Austrian conductor and theater director .

Life

Oskar Basch was a trained opera conductor . Coming from Karlovy Vary , he took up his position as theater director at the Reichenberg City Theater (Divadlo FX Šaldy) in Liberec in October 1934 as the successor to Friedrich Sommer . He headed the theater for the next two seasons, 1934/35 and 1935/36. In April 1936 he left the Reichenberg City Theater. Basch's successor was actor and director Paul Barnay in July 1936 .

As always in Reichenberg, Basch cultivated the German repertoire, but also the Czech repertoire ( Smetana , Janáček ) and the operetta . The operas Elektra and Dalibor were first performed at the Reichenberg City Theater under his direction . He also brought out several plays. Basch engaged some well-known guest singers for the opera performances at the Reichenberger Stadttheater. a. Rose Pauly (Vienna, Prague) for Elektra and Alfred Piccaver ( Vienna State Opera ) for Tosca performances.

Basch's management was influenced by the difficult overall political circumstances and the rise of fascism . The political followers of the Sudeten German National Socialist politician Konrad Henlein disliked Basch's Jewish origins, his “non-Aryan” ensemble and his schedule. In 1936 Basch gave up his office and left Reichenberg at the beginning of April 1936.

He then lived in Prague . In February 1942 Basch was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt on Transport X, No. 405 . From there, about four weeks later in March 1942, he was deported to the Izbica ghetto / extermination camp on Transport Aa, No. 339, where he was killed.

In August 2016, a memorial stone was laid for Basch on the sidewalk in front of the Reichenberg City Theater .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Isa Engelmann: Reichenberg and its Jewish citizens: On the history of a once German city in Bohemia . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf. Berlin 2012. Pages 164/165. ISBN 978-3-643-11737-3 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Oskar Basch . Entry in the victim database Holocaust.cz. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Reichenberg . In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c Karin Černá: Hudební život na Liberecku očima violoncellistky . The Musical Life in Liberec Region from the Point of View of a Cellist . Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, Hudební fakulta, Katedra strunných nástrojů, rok. 2014, 47 p. (Diploma thesis). Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Jiří Janáček: Smetana a Janáček na scéně City Theater Reichenberg . Kalmanach 2010/2011. Kruh autorů Liberecka. Page 2. Retrieved July 6, 2017
  6. ↑ . Oskar Basch . In: exile . Research, findings, results. Editor: Joachim H. Koch. Issue 1/2003. Page 26. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ Liberec  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. (Online edition). Retrieved July 6, 2017.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / grovemusic.github.io  
  8. ^ Weimar contributions . Issues 1–3. 1980, page 126. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  9. ^ Stanislav Beran: 19 stumbling blocks for the victims of National Socialism in Liberec . www.tschechien-online.org from August 19, 2016. Accessed July 6, 2017.
  10. ↑ Zmizeli, teď připomínají liberecké oběti holocaustu Kameny . Ceskatelevize.cz from August 17, 2016. Accessed July 6, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Basch, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death Izbica Ghetto