the German occupation Baranoff-Rossine was deported to Auschwitz, a German concentration camp and murdered there in 1944 by the Nazis. See also List of Russian artists References External links Website dedicated to Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine A web-site including his invention of the Optophonic Piano 1888 births 1944 deaths Artists from Kherson People from Khersonsky Uyezd Ukrainian Jews Soviet emigrants to France French people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent French people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Russian avant-garde 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Jewish artists Cubist artists Modern artists Visual music artists Russian inventors Academic staff of Vkhutemas Camoufleurs 20th-century French inventors Soviet inventors Soviet people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Ukrainian people who died in Nazi concentration camps Ukrainian Jews who died in the Holocaust 20th-century Russian male artists