Wilhelm Heckmann

German musician (1897-1995) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 97

Wilhelm Heckmann was a German concert and easy listening musician. From 1937 to 1945, he was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps in Dachau and Mauthausen. Heckmann founded the first prisoner band in Mauthausen, and was also instrumental in the founding of the large prisoner orchestra there.

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