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The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba

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  • Though participation often meant survival, it came with profound moral conflict
  • With meticulous research and vivid firsthand testimonies, Anne Sebba brings to life figures like conductor Alma Rose (Gustav Mahler’s niece) and teenage cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the orchestra’s last surviving member
  • Hardcover; 400 pgs.

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In 1943, nearly 50 imprisoned women formed the Auschwitz-Birkenau women’s orchestra, forced to play for marching prisoners and Nazi officers. Though participation often meant survival, it came with profound moral conflict. With meticulous research and vivid firsthand testimonies, Anne Sebba brings to life figures like conductor Alma Rosé (Gustav Mahler’s niece) and teenage cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the orchestra’s last surviving member. Hardcover; 400 pgs.

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