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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz : a story of survival
Sebba, Anne2025
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Place reservation for The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz : a story of survivalIn 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were assembled to play marching music to other inmates - forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day - and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. Individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer's favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra was to save their lives. In The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba tells their astonishing story with sensitivity and care.
Main title:
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz : a story of survival / by Anne Sebba.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781399610742 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.5318
Language:
English
Subject:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Women musicians -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, GermanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisonsWomen Nazi concentration camp inmates -- AnecdotesNazi concentration camp inmates as musicians -- AnecdotesHolocaust survivors -- AnecdotesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
BRN:
526908
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 940.5318 WOM | Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2025 |
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