Egon Ledeč
Male, Deceased Person
1889 – 1944
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Who was Egon Ledeč?
Egon Ledeč was a Czech violinist and composer of Jewish origin. Ledeč was one of the artists sent to Theresienstadt and is shown as concertmaster in Karel Ančerl’s orchestra in the Nazi propaganda movie Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area. He was transported to Auschwitz on 16 October 1944 together with Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann, Rafael Schächter, and Franz Eugen Klein, apart from Gideon Klein the other four musicians were murdered immediately on arrival. Gideon Klein died in the liquidation of the Fürstengrube camp in January 1945.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1889
Kostelec nad Orlicí - Died
- 1944
Auschwitz concentration camp
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on July 23, 2013
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