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Former headquarters of the ZPU in Velbert
Höferstr. 58, office of the central ZPU board. Kazimierz Odrobny and Witold Szwabowicz lived here. Also the headquarters of the Association of Ukrainian Refugees.
The friendly match between Germany and Poland in Chemnitz on 18th September 1938. From l. to r.: Hans Jakob, Paul Janes, Reinhold Munzenberg, Andreas Kupfer, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Albin Kitzinger, Wilhe...
Richter was one of the outstanding pianists of his generation. However, the "Warsaw Autumn" also featured musicians who played instruments in an unconventional and surprising way.
He was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp and in Buchenwald, and after liberation in the town of Haren an der Ems, known as Maczków from 1945-1948.