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The Truth about Fania Fénelon and the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Susan Eischeid
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 257 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
This book explores how the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz-Birkenau has been remembered in both media and popular culture since the end of the Second World War. In particular it focuses on Fania Fenelon’s memoir, Playing for Time (1976), which was subsequently adapted into a film. Since then the publication has become a cornerstone of Holocaust remembrance and scholarship. Susan Eischeid therefore investigates whether it deserves such status, and whether such material can ever be considered reliable source material for historians. Using divergent source material gathered by the author, such as interviews with the other surviving members of the orchestra, this ... Read more
This book explores how the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz-Birkenau has been remembered in both media and popular culture since the end of the Second World War. In particular it focuses on Fania Fenelon’s memoir, Playing for Time (1976), which was subsequently adapted into a film. Since then the publication has become a cornerstone of Holocaust remembrance and scholarship. Susan Eischeid therefore investigates whether it deserves such status, and whether such material can ever be considered reliable source material for historians. Using divergent source material gathered by the author, such as interviews with the other surviving members of the orchestra, this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
151
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319310374
SKU
V9783319310374
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About Susan Eischeid
Susan Eischeid is Professor at the Department of Music at Valdosta State University, USA.
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