Zofia Czajkowska

Zofia Czajkowska was a Polish musician chosen to be the first conductor of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.[1][2]

She had been a music teacher, prior to her arrest, as a political prisoner.[3]

According to Susan Eischeid, author of The Truth about Fania Fénelon and the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Czajkowska was an indifferent musician. Like the other musicians in the orchestra, Czajkowska was a captive, whose service in the orchestra helped keep them from being sent to their deaths.

In July 1943 Alma Rosé, a talented musician, and niece of Gustav Mahler, arrived in the camp and took over leading the orchestra.[1][2] Czajkowska worked as Rose's lieutenant.[3]

References

Susan Eischeid (2016). The Truth about Fania Fénelon and the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Springer. pp. 18, 34, 57. ISBN 9783319310381. Retrieved 2019-12-07. Survivor Helen Tichauer, who worked in the Camp Office and also played mandolin in the camp orchestra, questions whether this incident could have happened.
"Zofia Czajkowska". Musique et Shoah. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
Birte Hundhammer (2007). "Funktionen von Lagerorchestern am Beispiel des Frauenorchesters Auschwitz-Birkenau" [Functions of camp orchestras on the example of the women's orchestra Auschwitz-Birkenau]. Hausarbeit (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-08. Zu den ersten Frauen, die sich meldeten, gehörte die seit einem Jahr inhaftierte politische Gefangene Zofia Czajkowska, die zuvor in ihrem Heimatland Polen als Musik- und Gesangslehrerin tätig gewesen war.

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[Orchestra-1] Susan Eischeid (2016). The Truth about Fania Fénelon and the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Springer. pp. 18, 34, 57. ISBN 9783319310381. Retrieved 2019-12-07. Survivor Helen Tichauer, who worked in the Camp Office and also played mandolin in the camp orchestra, questions whether this incident could have happened.

[holocaustmusicCzajkowska-2] "Zofia Czajkowska". Musique et Shoah. Retrieved 2019-12-08.

[Grin2007-3] Birte Hundhammer (2007). "Funktionen von Lagerorchestern am Beispiel des Frauenorchesters Auschwitz-Birkenau" [Functions of camp orchestras on the example of the women's orchestra Auschwitz-Birkenau]. Hausarbeit (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-08. Zu den ersten Frauen, die sich meldeten, gehörte die seit einem Jahr inhaftierte politische Gefangene Zofia Czajkowska, die zuvor in ihrem Heimatland Polen als Musik- und Gesangslehrerin tätig gewesen war.