The New York Times – Music:
A global event today, the orchestra’s annual New Year’s Concert took shape during dark days in Austrian history.
Category: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
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Vienna Philharmonic to Honor Players Lost in World War II
The New York Times – Music:
In the new year, the Vienna Philharmonic will pay tribute to more than a dozen of its members who were ousted, exiled and killed during World War II.
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Music Thwarted by the Holocaust Will Now Be Published
The New York Times – Music:
G. Schirmer will publish more than 400 pieces by Jewish composers, allowing them to be heard on a wider scale.
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‘Four Winters’ Review: The Jewish Resistance
The New York Times – Film:
The men and women in this densely story-filled documentary recount taking up arms as members of the Jewish resistance in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust
The New York Times – Film:
In the solo play “Remember This,” David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski, a witness to the Nazi genocide during World War II.
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‘From Where They Stood’ Review: Auschwitz, as Seen by Prisoners
The New York Times – Film:
Christophe Cognet’s documentary pores over photographs, some of them clandestine, taken by prisoners, inside the Nazi concentration camp.
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Rosmarie Trapp of the ‘Sound of Music’ Family Dies at 93
The New York Times – Music:
She was the last surviving daughter of the baron and the would-be nun depicted in the stage musical and 1965 film.