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War years
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Rafael Kubelík: a Life in Pictures
4. War years
In 1939, Rafael Kubelík became music director of the Brno Opera, a position he held until the Nazis shut the company down in November 1941. They did allow the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra to continue however, and Kubelík became its principal conductor.
