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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2001 CD release of "Joseph Schmidt In America: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concerts" on Discogs.
- CD, Album
- BelAge-BLA 103.017
- Classical
- 2001
Biographical notes on Schmidt by Michael R. Friedrich in English and German (15 p.) inserted in container. Participant
After the Nazis came to power in Germany, Joseph Schmidt enjoyed his greatest successes outside that country. In 1937, he toured the United States and performed in Carnegie Hall together with other prominent singers such as Grace Moore .
In October 1942, Schmidt fled a fourth time: to Switzerland, which had officially closed its borders for Jewish refugees from the Third Reich, so he had to enter the country illegally, and was interned in a specific camp for Jewish refugees in Girenbad near Hinwil.
24 apr 2001 · Joseph Schmidt in America by Joseph Schmidt released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Joseph Schmidt (Dawideny, 4 marzo 1904 – Girenbad, 16 novembre 1942) è stato un tenore e attore austro-ungarico, vittima dell'Olocausto
6 mag 2020 · Tenor Joseph Schmidt died in 1942 in the Zürcher Oberland, on the final leg of his escape from the Nazi regime. Even today, the Jewish singer’s story is a moving one. His voice touched millions.
