Karel Ančerl
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Karel Ančerl was a Czech conductor and composer, renowned especially for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers.
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Memorial plaque to Ančerl unveiled on 6 September 1998 on the building of the municipal office in his native Tučapy
Theresienstadt Ghetto
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Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the exterminat
Karel Ančerl
…Prague (1931–1933). Conducting work for Czechoslovak radio was interrupted by World War II which resulted in his being imprisoned with his family in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942 and then sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Unlike his wife and young son, Ančerl survived Auschwitz. After the war, Ančerl conducted for Radio Prague…
Bedřich Fritta's drawing of the barracks
Buildings in Theresienstadt, 1909 postcard
Theresienstadt prisoner Bedřich Fritta's drawing of a funeral
The Białystok children, drawn by Theresienstadt prisoner Otto Ungar