Grete Holm

As Zorika in "Zigeuner Liebe" by Lehar CREATOR 1910

Grete Holm
(Margarethe Hersch)
1884-194?
Czech Soprano

Studied Brno and with Papier-Paumgartner in Vienna , Debut 1905 at German theatreBrno as Marie in "le Fille de Regiment" by Donizetti where she remained until 1910 . From 1908 her roles were mainly in operetta . She created many roles for Oscar Strauss and Lehar including Nadine in "the Chocolate Soldier" in 1908 .She dissapeared during WW2 where her and her 2nd husband Alois Schweinburg were interned in Modiliborzyce Ghetto in Poland near Lubin they were declared dead at the end of the war 8/5/1945