Emmanuel Fisher

Emmanuel Fisher (25 September 1921 – 22 July 2001) was a British composer and conductor who was best known for leading the London Jewish Male Choir for 21 years.[1]

During the Second World War, Fisher served as a radiographer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army. As a private in 32 Casualty Clearing Station, he was involved in humanitarian rescue work at the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There was little use for a radiographer in the camp, and he acted as a nurse and orderly in addition to being a translator (he spoke multiple languages including German, French and Yiddish).[2][3] His work was dramatised in the 2007 Channel 4 film The Relief of Belsen, with Fisher portrayed by Iddo Goldberg.

References

  1. ^ David Singer & Lawrence Grossman (2003). American Jewish Year Book 2002. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG. p. 323. ISBN 0-87495-117-8.
  2. ^ Jo Glanville (4 June 1998). "A witness to the worst of times". The Independent. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Pte. Emmanuel Fisher". www.bergenbelsen.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2026.


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