The Women's Orchestra Of Auschwitz: A Story Of Survival by Sebba.
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In 1943, German SS officers at Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered the formation of an orchestra made up of female prisoners. Nearly fifty women and girls from eleven nations were selected to play marching music as forced laborers left and returned to the camp, perform weekly concerts for Nazi officers, and sometimes give individual performances. For almost all of the musicians, a place in the orchestra helped save their lives. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Historian Anne Sebba tells the stories of the women behind the orchestra while examining the complicated role music played within a death camp. Among them are conductor Alma Rosé, a celebrated violinist and niece of Gustav Mahler, and teenage cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Drawing on archival research and firsthand accounts, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz explores survival, coercion, music, and the difficult moral realities faced by prisoners forced to perform for their captors. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
- Title: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
- Author: Anne Sebba
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 400
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
- Publication Date: August 25, 2026
- Genre: History / World War II / Holocaust Studies
- ISBN: 9781250894144
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