Alma Rosé
Austrian violist (1906–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alma Maria Rosé (3 November 1906 – 4/5 April 1944[1]) was an Austrian violinist of Jewish descent. Her uncle was the composer Gustav Mahler. She was deported by the Nazis to the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. There, for 10 months, she directed an orchestra of female prisoners who played for their captors to stay alive. As director, Rosé held the status of kapo of the music block.[2]
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Rosé died in the concentration camp of a sudden illness, possibly food poisoning. Her experiences in the camp were depicted in Playing for Time.