David Beigelman

David Beigelman (1887 – February 1945), also known as Dawid Bajgelman and Dawid Beigelman, was a Polish violinist, orchestra leader, and composer of Yiddish theatre music and songs.

Biography He was born in Ostrowiec, Congress Poland to a musical family in Łódź where he composed and performed in Yiddish theatres at a young age. He became director of the Lodz Yiddish Theater in 1912. – the ghetto's first symphony concert was performed under his direction on 1 March 1941 – and as a composer of orchestral works and songs. He also collaborated with Moishe Broderzon writing well-known songs such as Nisim, nisim and Yidn, Shmidn. He also collaborated with Moyshe Nudelman, David Herman, and Yakov Rotbaum.

In 1944, Beigelman was deported to Auschwitz, where he died in February 1945.

David Beigelman features in the novel, The Century of Zara Keff, by Jeremy Waxman, published in 2025 by The Book Guild.https://jeremywaxman.co.uk