Václav Voskovec (Wachsmann)

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Václav Vilém Eduard Voskovec (Wachsmann)

Also Known As: "Vilda", "Vasil", "Vaksman", "Василий", "Генрихов", "Ваксман"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Svojšice, Kolín, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic
Death: April 24, 1945 (81)
Sázava, Benešov, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic (rakovina jícnu)
Place of Burial: Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
Immediate Family:

Son of MUDr. Jindřich Wachsmann and Anna Wachsmannová (Pivničková)
Husband of Jiřina Voskovcová (Pinkasová)
Father of JUDr. Prokop Voskovec; Adriena Kluckaufová (Wachsmannová) and Jiří Voskovec
Brother of Marie Wachsmannová; Karel Wachsmann; Otto Wachsmann; MUDr. Karel Wachsman; Jindřich Wachsmann and 5 others

Occupation: conductor, kapelník, Kapellmeister
Managed by: Randy Schoenberg
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About Václav Voskovec (Wachsmann)

Police Register:
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He was the "Kapellmeister" of the Tsarist military orchestra in Vilnius, later in Gatchina, St. Petersburg, Russia.
In the course of WWI he went to the Czechoslovak legion in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Legion
http://www.radioservis-as.cz/archiv09/33_09/33_nalad.htm
https://legie100.com/krev-legionare/125611/
http://legie100.com/krev-legionare/132820/


He let officially change his name to "Václav Voskovec-Vaksman" in Feb. 19th 1921,
as documented in both records below:
Birth: http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/12797/9
Marriage: http://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=08BA8F0E79494AE3B...

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Václav Voskovec (Wachsmann)'s Timeline

1864
January 5, 1864
Svojšice, Kolín, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic
1893
September 28, 1893
Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
1895
November 28, 1895
Gatchina, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian Federation
1905
June 19, 1905
Sázava, Benešov District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
1945
April 24, 1945
Age 81
Sázava, Benešov, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic
April 24, 1945
Age 81
Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Prague, Czech Republic