James Simon (composer)

James Simon was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944 following his internment at Theresienstadt.

[1] From there, on 12 October 1944, James Simon boarded the transport to Auschwitz and was murdered in a gas chamber shortly after his arrival.

[2] While some of Simon's piano pieces, songs and his opera Frau im Stein (1918) (based on Rolf Lauckner [de]’s work) were published, many of his compositions remain unperformed.

(17/18 December 1938) was premiered in Prague by Czech cellist František Brikcius as part of the "Weinberger Tour" on 23 April 2007 at the Spanish Synagogue.

[3] A cantata, Ein Pilgermorgen (A Pilgrim’s Morning, 1929–30) for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra to a text by Rilke, survives in manuscript.