Wilhelm Heckmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Heckmann

German musician

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1897

Place of Birth: Wellinghofen, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1995

Profession: musician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Wilhelm Heckmann (26 June 1897 in Wellinghofen, Germany – 10 March 1995 in Wuppertal, Germany) was a German concert and easy listening musician.
From 1937 to 1945 he was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps in Dachau and Mauthausen.
Heckmann founded the first prisoner band in Mauthausen, and was also instrumental in the founding of the large prisoner orchestra there.