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Tracks To Terezín
''Spuren nach Theresienstadt / Tracks to Terezín'' is a 2007 film with Herbert Thomas Mandl, a survivor of the Holocaust. Plot The composer Pavel Haas makes a bow after the performance of his composition “Study For String Orchestra” conducted by Karel Ančerl at Terezín 1944. That photo is a stand by photo shot during the set of the propaganda film “A Documentary About The Jewish Settlement” about ''Theresienstadt (1944 film), Theresienstadt''. A member of that orchestra and also be seen on that photo is the violin player Herbert Thomas Mandl. He is a real witness of the 20th century. He was born in 1926 at Bratislava, his father Daniel Mandl served for the artillery of the army of the Austrian-Hungarian Army at the Albanian front. At his childhood Mandl is in Ostrava and Brno and he gets education in playing the violin. After the occupation of the Nazis he and the family must go to the ghetto of Prague and will be later deported to the concentration camp of Terezín, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Thomas Mandl
Herbert Thomas Mandl (August 18, 1926 - February 22, 2007) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak-Germans, German-Jewish author, concert violinist, professor of music, philosopher, inventor and lecturer. He authored novels, stories and dramas that are inspired by the extraordinary events of his life. Life Mandl was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, the son of Czech (people), Czech Jewish parents, the engineer Daniel Mandl and Hajnalka Mandl. He was educated in Jewish and Czech schools in Bratislava and in Brno. He began to play the violin at the age of 6. The Mandls were living in Brno when the remains of Czechoslovakia were annexed by Nazi Germany on March 15, 1939. Mandl was 13 at the time. In 1942, Mandl and his parents were deported to the Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto. In 1944, Mandl and his father were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, thence to several Dachau concentration camp, Dachau-Kaufering concentration camp, Kaufering satellite camps, where Mandl's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
