The orchestra that played as the Nazis wiped out Kovno Ghetto

The orchestra that played as the Nazis wiped out Kovno Ghetto

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norman lebrecht

January 31, 2016

An untold Holocaust story in Haaretz, almost too harrowing to read.

 

kovno ghetto orchestra

Photo (c) George Kadish / Zvi Kadushin / U

Apparently SS men were punished for showing their enjoyment of the music.

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