Music in Terezín, 1941-1945 |
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| Author:
| Karas, Joza
Karas, Anna |
| ISBN: | 978-0-918728-34-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1990 |
| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $95.95 |
Book Description:
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When Adolf Hitler created the model camp at Theresienstadt (Terez#65533;n in Czech) for the better-known of Europe's Jewish transportees, he gathered together many of the continent's finest musicians. This examination of the associations, the compositions, the performances, and above all, the people in Terez#65533;n accentuates the roles the active musical life played in the struggle for hope in those darkest of times.
When Adolf Hitler created the model camp at Theresienstadt (Terez#65533;n in Czech) for the better-known of Europe's Jewish transportees, he gathered together many of the continent's finest musicians. This examination of the associations, the compositions, the performances, and above all, the people in Terez#65533;n accentuates the roles the active musical life played in the struggle for hope in those darkest of times.