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Alma Rosé (November 3, 1906 – April 4/5, 1944) was an Austrian violinist and conductor. In July 1943, Rosé was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Rosé directed the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz and was the Kapo of the music block. Alma Rosé was born on 3 November 1906 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (present-day, Austria) to Arnold Rosé, a violinist, and Justine Rosé-Mahler. Rosé’s older brother was the composer and conductor Alfred Rosé. The Rosé family were secular Jews.
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