Kazimierz Oberfeld | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 or 24 January 1945 (aged 41) near train station Loslau |
Other names | Kazimierz Oberfeld |
Occupation | Composer |
Years active | 1930–1940 (film) |
Casimir Oberfeld (16 November 1903 – January 1945), also spelled Kazimierz Oberfeld, was a Polish-born French composer. He worked on many film scores and also wrote popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s. Following France's invasion by Germany in 1940 during the Second World War, as a Jew Oberfeld faced increasing persecution. Having taken shelter in Italian-occupied Nice he was arrested when the area was taken over by the Germans. He was sent to Auschwitz.He was murdered in January 1945 in the Death march from Auschwitz to Loslau (in the train near Loslau).