Lajos Ludvig Delej

[1923-1945]

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"Lajos Ludvig Delej (1923–1945) was a Hungarian Jewish composer and pianist whose life and career were cut short by the Holocaust. For decades, he existed only as a name on transport lists and in scattered family papers, but recent research has begun to shed light on his biography and music. Although only a few of his works survive, they reveal him to have been a musician of considerable promise and provide insight into the broader cultural losses produced by the Second World War."

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-excerpt from "Lajos Delej" by Alexandra Birch, ORT MOTH website

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For more information, please visit:

 https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/central-europe/sachsenhausen/lajos-delej/

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