Alma Maria van Leeuwen Boomkamp-Rosé

Alma Maria Rosé was a wellknown violinist in Austria. Her father was the leader of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Vienna and her mother was a sister of the composer Gustav Mahler. In 1938 she escaped to London, but she came back to Europe to give concerts. She married a Dutchman. In 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. There she was ordered to be the leader of the orchestra that consist…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.