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A Holocaust survivor shares her story as part of an avant-garde jazz performance at Joe’s Pub

JL;DR SUMMARY Holocaust survivor Millie Baran, at 99 years old, is sharing her harrowing story in a novel way: through an avant-garde jazz performance at Joe's Pub in Manhattan. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustSurvivorMillie BaranAvant Garde JazzAlbert MarquèsAmpl!Fy VoicesSpoken WordMir Zaynen DoAshkenazi Jewish MusiciansJoe's Pub

Places mentioned

Oszmiana, Hrodna, Belarus
"Born in Oszmiana, Poland (now Belarus), a shtetl near Vilnius, Lithuania, Baran was a teenager when her father and uncles were murdered by Nazis in 1941"
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"she spent four years in a displaced persons camp in Germany before moving to New York as a newlywed."
New York, United States
"before moving to New York as a newlywed."
Forest Hills, New York, United States
"Baran, a Forest Hills resident who loves singing but has no professional music experience, has partnered with Albert Marqus"
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
"pianist and a New York City public school music teacher who originally hails from Barcelona."
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Born in Oszmiana, Poland (now Belarus), a shtetl near Vilnius, Lithuania"
Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland
"she and her mother were liberated by the Soviets from Stutthoff concentration camp near Danzig (now Gdańsk) in the spring of 1945."
Lublin, Poland
"who was among those who liberated the Majdanek concentration camp outside Lublin."
Catalonia, Spain
"Growing up, Marqus said he didnt learn anything about what the Spanish did to the Jews of Catalonia, starting with the Spanish Inquisition, through the Holocaust."

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