The Violinist of Auschwitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felstein, Jean-Jacques.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women musicians.

Women violinists.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2021.

Summary:

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the opportunity to join the womens 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 Elsas 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.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1 Hélène and Violette

Chapter 2 An Anniversary

Chapter 3 The Chaconne7

Chapter 4 The Weight of Words

Chapter 5 The Orchestra

Chapter 6 Alma

Chapter 7 Hairdresser and Beauty Salon: "Paris-Beauté"

Chapter 8 Second Violin

Chapter 9 Tochter aus Elysium13

Chapter 10 Polonaises

Chapter 11 The Dying Swan

Chapter 12 Sylvia

Epilogue

Members of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz16

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781399002820

1399002821

OCLC:

1285487873