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To play in the orchestra in Auschwitz was a gruesome affair, but it was better than the alternative

JL;DR SUMMARY Anne Sebba's book "The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz" delves into the complex narrative of Jewish women musicians who survived Auschwitz by playing in an orchestra under Nazi supervision. 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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AuschwitzHolocaustJewish SurvivalPrimo LeviAnita Lasker WallfischWomen's Orchestra Of AuschwitzAnne SebbaAlma RoséMusic And TraumaFania Fénelon

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Lower Silesia, Poland
"Being a musician in the womens orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau was a gruesome endeavor."
Lower Saxony, Germany
"Anne Sebba notes in The Womens Orchestra of Auschwitz that she has a personal link to the story: Her father was part of the British forces that liberated Bergen-Belsen, where some of the Jewish orchestra members spent the wars final weeks."
London, United Kingdom
"Along with collating other accounts, Sebba interviewed the orchestras last two living members, both in their late 90s: Lasker-Wallfisch in London and Hilde Grnbaum Zimche in Israel."
Israel
"Along with collating other accounts, Sebba interviewed the orchestras last two living members, both in their late 90s: Lasker-Wallfisch in London and Hilde Grnbaum Zimche in Israel."

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