On the 75th anniversary of Austria's Anschluss with Germany, the famous orchestra is giving up dark secrets about its past On 23 March 1938, the violinist Viktor Robitsek received a curt note from the management of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. It told him he was being fired. Robitsek's "crime" had nothing to do with his musical talents: he was Jewish. Eleven days earlier Hitler's troops had marched into Vienna. Most residents greeted the occupiers warmly. But among the Führer's many ard...
Vienna Philharmonic and the Jewish musicians who perished under Hitler
The Guardian - 11 Mar 2013 23:23
On the 75th anniversary of Austria's Anschluss with Germany, the famous orchestra is giving up dark secrets about its past On 23 March 1938, the violinist Viktor Robitsek received a curt note from the management of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. It told him he was being fired. Robitsek's "crime" had nothing to do with his musical talents: he was Jewish. Eleven days earlier Hitler's troops had marched into Vienna. Most residents greeted the occupiers warmly. But among the Führer's many ard...
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