Hermann Leopoldi

[1888-1959]

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"Einzi Stolz, wife of the Austrian composer Robert Stolz, remembered Hermann Leopoldi thus:

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Leopoldi was for us all some sort of creature from a different planet. Through a salvation bordering on a wonder he had survived the horrors of concentration camps Buchenwald and Dachau.  He maintained his belief in the good in humanity and remained an optimist, who gave courage and confidence to many in times of difficulty.

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One of the few surviving Jewish members of the vibrant cabaret scene of 1920s Vienna, Leopoldi was interned in two of Nazi Germany’s most notorious camps, obtained a last-minute release, and resumed his career first in New York and then in Austria after the war."

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Excerpt from "Hermann Leopoldi", ORT Music and the Holocaust website

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For more information, please visit: 

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/central-europe/buchenwald/leopoldihermann/​​​​​​​

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