Ludwik Holcman (1889 – August 1942) was a Polish violinist. Holcman was a violinist in the

Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (german: Warschauer Ghetto, officially , "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; pl, getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the G ...

Symphony Orchestra that was led by

Simon Pullman Simon Pullman (15 February 1890 in Warsaw – August 1942 in Treblinka) was a Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and founder and Director of the Pullman Ensemble and Orchestra, and a seminal figure in the evolution of chamber music per ...

. As he was Jewish, he was transported to

Treblinka extermination camp Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...

with all the members of the orchestra early in August 1942, where they were killed, presumably shortly after their arrival.

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