Deurloostraat 74
Amsterdam
Ferenc (hereinafter referred to as: Franz) Weisz was born in Budapest on 2 August 1893 and completed his training as a pianist and composer in 1914 at the Liszt-Akademie. He was the brother of Simon Weisz's brother
In 1920 he settled with his brother Simon Weisz in Amsterdam, where he married Henriëtte Roos in 1925. On December 24, 1932, Franz Weisz was a Dutchman. In 1934 the couple separated, after which Henriëtte moved to France and after the war to New York.
Franz Weisz gave piano lessons at home and from 1938 to 1940 also had an appointment to the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum as an assistant to pianist/teacher Alexander Borovsky. He formed a pianoos with Olga Moszkowsky; In 1938 they gave the Dutch premiere of Scaramouche of Darius Milhaud.
Franz Weisz refused to go under: "Joh, I never got involved in politics, so I am not interesting." Spring 1943, Franz was arrested by the German occupier in his home at Deurloostraat 74 in Amsterdam and taken to the Hollandsche Schouwburg and on transport to camp Westerbork. On January 18, 1944 he was deported to the Jewish Getto Theresienstadt. From Theresienstadt he was deported to Auschwitz on 28 September 1944 where he was beastly murdered by the Nazis on 30 September at the age of 51.
Franz had no children. His brother Simon Weisz survived the occupation and died in 1980.
The names Franz (Ferenc) Weisz and Philippine De Ploeg are inextricably linked. Not only because they were allowed to have each other, had children together and both were very popular in the family circle, but also because they both had to follow the same fateful road simultaneously, from Amsterdam via Westerbork and Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, where both of them are killed shortly after each other were brought. According to a survivor who returned shortly after the war, both were erected and seen in Theresienstadt. When Franz was put on transport to Auschwitz, Philippine indicated that he wanted to follow him.
The name Franz Weisz lives on at his second cousins and niches and their children and grandchildren. His life and name have not been forgotten!
Franz (Ferenc) Weisz Composer
Of the composer Franz Weisz, only his Opus 1 to 3 were known until 2009: work from the years 1913 to 1924, printed in Hungary and handed at least one student by Weisz himself: Niek Verkruised Azn. Verkruis has triggered the investigation into the work of his former piano teacher, which ultimately led to publication with the help of biographer Annette de Klerk, in 2008, from all known biographical data and piano works. This bundle was sent to all persons and authorities that have been helpful in the investigation.
On January 19, 2009, the Leo Smit Foundation organized the 100th Uilenburger Concert (Uilenburger Synagogue, Amsterdam). On the program, mostly consisting of recently recovered work from Jewish composers who died in the war, was the Suite Für Klavier (Opus 2, 1922) by Franz Weisz, played by Marcel Worms.
During his stay in the Netherlands, Franz Weisz continued to deal with music, and then specifically with piano. In 1928 he performed as a pianist during the opening of an exhibition of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In the 1930s he regularly gave concerts in Amsterdam. In 1938 he was appointed assistant to the Russian pianist Alexander Borovsky. He assisted him in giving a so -called master course at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. In addition to playing, Franz Weisz was also busy composing.
When Franz Weisz was deported to Westerbork on 25 May 1943, he turned out to be still being able to deal with music there. He was promoted by the commander from garbage collector to pianist. A number of wings were even recovered for him. On May 27, 1944, he accompanied the Czech violinist Karel Frohlich in Theresienstadt in a sonata program.
Van Ferenc Weisz published three piano works in 1929 by the Rossavolgy publishing house from Budapest. It is:
Concertetude OP.1 No. 1 (1913 dedicated to Stephan Tomka) - Concertetude OP.1 No.2 (1918) - - -
Piano suite Op.2 (I Traum - II Tanz - III Idyll -iv Arabeske) (1922 dedicated to Dirk Schafer) -
Nocturne Op.3 no.1 (1924 dedicated to Stephan Toman) Concertetude Op.3. No.2 (1924 dedicated to Stephan Toman)
The music library of the Music Center for the Omroep (MCO) in Hilversum is in possession of these works.
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