Born in Marktbreit in Lower Franconia, Paul Rembt began his career in 1894 after studying at the Royal School of Music in Würzburg. His first position was as principal horn in the Cologne Symphony Orchestra. In 1904, he was appointed to the Berlin Hofoper. From 1911 on, he taught horn and worked as a solo répétiteur at the opera school in Berlin, and in 1921 he was named professor. At his own request, he was relieved of his teaching duties on March 31, 1932, for health reasons. In 1927 and 1932, he played in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival.
In his second marriage, Paul Rembt was married to the singer and voice teacher Selma Rembt, who was born in Leipzig in 1888 and was Jewish. After the Nazis came to power, Paul Rembt was therefore classified as having Jewish family ties. As a result, on April 13, 1937, he was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Culture. His wife had already been excluded earlier. This effectively deprived the couple of any opportunity to earn a living in their professions. Paul Rembt died in 1942. Until then, Selma Rembt had enjoyed a certain degree of protection because of their so-called “privileged mixed marriage”. After his death, however, that protection no longer applied. On March 6, 1943, she was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Her fate remains unknown.
1875 Marktbreit
1942 Berlin