Ilse Weber

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Ilse Weber January 11, 1903 - October 6, 1944) neé Herlinger, was born in Witkowitz near Mährisch-Ostrau. A Jewish poet, she wrote songs and theater pieces for Jewish children. She married Willi Weber in 1930. She voluntarily was transported to Auschwitz with the children of Theresienstadt and was killed in the gas chambers, along with her son, Tommy. A notable Czech writer of children's fiction, she fell victim to the Holocaust. Her most popular book was "Mendel Rosenbusch: Tales for Jewish Children" (1929). The title character, a kind elderly man, mysteriously receives a magic coin that enables him to become invisible at will. He uses this power to perform anonymous good deeds for his neighbors. Weber's sharp observations and gentle humor make these stories appealing for all ages. As a child she learned to sing and play guitar, lute, mandolin and balalaika, but apparently never considered a career as a musician. Her early fiction, dating from 1925, was collected as "The Scooter Race and Other Stories" (1930). In 1930 she married Willi Weber and settled in Prague, where she wrote for children's periodicals and became a producer for Czech Radio. Following the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 the Webers were able to get their oldest son Hanuš safely to Sweden on a "Kindertransport" before they were confined to Prague's Jewish Ghetto. They arrived at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in February 1942. Hanuš survived the war in Sweden, and lives in Stockholm in r

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Wiegala (Arr. for Violin and String Quintet by Esther Abrami)

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Brücke zum Licht

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Terezín | Theresienstadt

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Songs of the Holocaust

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KZ Musik CD 2

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Klara Top 75

Spiritual Resistence: Music from Theresienstadt

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Klara Top 75 - 9 (bonus)

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Digital New Release Sampler 3/2007

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