The violinist of Auschwitz
Felstein, Jean-Jacques2021
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Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join the women's orchestra. But Elsa kept her story a secret, even from her own family. Indeed, her son would only discover what had happened to his mother many years later, after gradually unearthing her unbelievable story following her premature death, without ever having revealed her secret to anyone. Jean-Jacques Felstein was determined to reconstruct Elsa's life in Birkenau, and would go in search of other orchestra survivors in Germany, Belgium, Poland, Israel and the United States. The recollections of Hèléne, first violin, Violette, third violin, Anita, a cellist, and other musicians, allowed him to rediscover his 20-year-old mother, lost in the heart of hell. The story unfolds in two intersecting stages.
Main title:
The violinist of Auschwitz / Jean-Jacques Felstein.
Author:
Felstein, Jean-Jacques, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2021.
Collation:
208 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781399002813 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5318092940.531809940.531
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
3201242