Frieda Belinfante (1905?-1995) Frieda Belinfante was a Dutch Jewish woman who gained fame as a cellist and conductor, and as a member of the Dutch Resistance during the second world war. Belinfante is descended from a line of Portuguese Sephardic Jews whose ancestry can be traced back to 16th century Portugal, the other well known descendants of which include the writers Emilie Belinfante, Isaac Cohen Belinfante, teacher Moses Cohen Belinfante and the journalist Emilie Belinfante (II). Many of these descendants were known to have perished in the various Nazi death camps during the Holocaust. Frieda Belinfante's own life was in danger because of the fact that she was Jewish as well as homosexual. After the war, Belinfante immigrated to the United States and continued her career in music. She died in California in 1995. Her biography became the subject of the documentary "But I Was a Girl" (1999) 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardîm) is a Jew original to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal: ספרד, Standard Hebrew Səfárad, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄áraḏ / Səp̄āraḏ), or whose ancestors were among the Jews expelled from... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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A talented cellist, educated by her Jewish father, the first female conductor in music history, a member of the Dutch resistance: The lives of FriedaBelinfante stretch over nine decades of the 20th century.
FriedaBelinfante survived as one of the few members of the group, for months hiding in men’s cloth.
The documentary of her extraordinary life is based on Klaus Müller's 1994 interview with the then 90-year-old FriedaBelinfante.
The documentary But I was a Girl: The Story of FriedaBelinfante addresses this question through the amazing life story of Freida Belinfante, a woman who confronts the most difficult and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in an effort to possess a sense of her true self.
Born in 1905 in the Netherlands, Belinfante begins her story by saying her mother wanted a boy, "but I was a girl." From a very young age, she is made conscious of social gender roles, although, Belinfante never allows them to dictate the direction of her life.
Belinfante decides that she is not going down without a fight and joins the resistance, forges identification papers, and for three months disguises herself as a man. Near the end of the war, she escapes to Switzerland and leaves Europe in 1947.
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