Emanuel Schlechter
1904–1943
- Nationality
- Second Polish Republic
- Occupation
- singer
Emanuel Schlechter (born 9 October 1904, Lwów â died November 11, 1943, also: Szlechter, Olgierd Lech) was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director, and occasional actor.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Janowska concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Emanuel Schlechter (born 9 October 1904, Lwów â died November 11, 1943, also: Szlechter, Olgierd Lech) was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director, and occasional actor. He was one of the most influential creators of interwar Polish popular music in the 1930s, whose songs became deeply embedded in Polish language and culture. He was also the author of the famed "Tango of Death", according to Simon Weisenthal, the famed Janowska survivor, and who captured Adolf Eichmann
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