Baer, Werner 29.apr.1914-28.jan.1992 Germany, Berlin - Australia, Sydney
Jewish pianist, organist, first at a Berlin synagogue, then studied with Artur Schnabel, 1939 he escaped from a nazi prison camp in Berlin and was interned in Singapore and 1940 as an enemy alien in Tatura Victoria Australia, 1943 sergeant in the Australian Army based in Victoria, 1946 conductor of the Sydney Male Choir, 1949 music teacher at Maccabean Hall in Sydney Darlinghurst, 1950 piano accompanist in the Australian tour of Tito Schipa, 1951-1979 broadcaster for ABC radio and television, music critic and synagogue organist in Sydney