Coco Schumann
1924–2018
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- jazz musician
Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann (14 May 1924 â 28 January 2018) was a German jazz musician and Holocaust survivor.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann (14 May 1924 â 28 January 2018) was a German jazz musician and Holocaust survivor. He became a member of the Ghetto Swingers while transported to Theresienstadt at the age of nineteen. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, Schumann performed as a jazz guitarist, with Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, and Helmut Zacharias.
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