Geist, Edwin b. July 31, 1902 d. December 10, 1942 Composer. One of many gifted musicians killed by the Nazis, his music has only recently been rescued from obscurity. Edwin Ernst Moritz Geist was born in Berlin, and studied at the Conservatory there. He was a teacher, journalist, and occasional conductor in Germany until 1937, when the Reich Chamber of Music barred him from professional activity because he was half-Jewish. The following year he moved to Kaunas, Lithuania, where he married Jewish pianist Lyda Bagriansky and realized his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Ninth Fort Holocaust Memorial, Kaunas, Kaunas District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania Plot: Unmarked mass grave
b. July 31, 1902 d. December 10, 1942