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  8. Sommerová, Alice (* 26.11.1903)

    Born 1903 in Prague. Pianist. Often known as one of the oldest Holocaust survivors still alive. Alice Sommer played more than 100 concerts in Terezín. Transported to Terezín in July 1943. Liberated in May 1945.

  10. Deutsch, Aladar (* 16.4.1871)

    Born 1871 in Aroktö, Hungary. Died in 1949 in Prague. Last chief rabbi of Prague before WWII, Head of the Rabbinate of the Jewish Community in Prague. Deported to Terezín in July 1943, liberated here in 1945. After WWII hold post of the rabbi in Prague.

  11. Fuchs, František (* 23.7.1905)

    Gebäudeältester Magdeburger Kaserne

  16. Murmelstein, Benjamin (* 9.6.1905)

    Murmelstein was born in 1905 in Lemberg/Lwov (Galicia), studied in Vienna and became a rabbi. After the "Anschluss" of Austria in 1938, he worked for the Viennese Jewish community subordinated to the Nazis and organised both emigration and deportation of local Jews. In January 1943, he was deported to Terezín, where he was appointed to the "Council of Elders". He catalogued Hebrew manuscripts and was charged with the "beautification" of Terezín in preparation for the visit of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1944). From September 1944, he served as the head of the "Council of E...