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Author
Publisher
Atlas & Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lyrical, epic chronicle of the life and fate of Lev Aronson, the world-renowned cellist, Holocaust survivor, and teacher, whose prized Amati cello was confiscated in Riga in 1941."--dust jacket.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved nearly 1000 Jews-and guaranteed the survival of Europe's musical heritage.
7) The pianist
Language
English
Formats
Description
Loosely based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
Author
Series
Zion Covenant volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
xv, 464 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a trip home to Moravia reveals that his father is not a businessman but actually a great composer, unsuccessful musician Leib Goldkorn returns to New York to launch a production of his father's opera "Rubezahl" to disastrous results.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of the oldest living Holocaust survivor, a classically trained pianist who used her love of music to provide hope to her fellow sufferers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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