Gideon Klein's Prague
David Fligg leads this walking tour of places in Prague associated with Gideon Klein. (A Performing the Jewish Archive event)
Date | 21st September 2016 |
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URL | https://vimeo.com/187975730 |
Format | Video |
Based on recent research of the places in Prague associated with the composer and Pianist Gideon Klein, this tour visits:
--The apartments where he lived
--The former premises of the Prague Conservatory where he studied
--The former Jewish Orphanage, now the Lauder Jewish School, where he rehearsed Hans Krasa's Brundibar
--The cafes which he frequented
--His final address, which now have commemorative Stolpersteine (Stumbling Stones) placed outside, in remembrance of Gideon and his mother, Ilona.