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The Book Club: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

The Book Club: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

April 30, 202537m 9s

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<div>My guest on this week’s podcast is the historian Anne Sebba. In her new book <em>The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival</em>, Anne tells the story of how a ragtag group of women musicians formed in the shadow of Auschwitz’s crematoria. She tells me about the moral trade-offs, the friendships and enmities that formed, and what it meant to try to create music in a situation of unrelenting horror.</div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>