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Karel Å venk
1917–1945
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- writer
Karel Å venk, sometimes referred to in German as Karl Schwenk (17 March 1917 â 1 April 1945), was a Czech cabaret artist, comedian, songwriter and writer.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Buchenwald concentration campDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Karel Å venk, sometimes referred to in German as Karl Schwenk (17 March 1917 â 1 April 1945), was a Czech cabaret artist, comedian, songwriter and writer. A leading figure in the cabaret at the Theresienstadt Ghetto, Å venk was eventually sent to Auschwitz and later to Meuselwitz. He died on a death march from Kraslice about two weeks before the end of the war. Being completely exhausted and unable to continue, his friend hid him in the straw in the barn where the prisoners spent the night. It is unknown whether he died of exhaustion or was discovered by the SS and shot.
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