- Caption
- Inside pages of an invitation to a gala concert at the Metropolitan Opera House to aid Danish refugees in Sweden.
- Date
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1944 February 17
- Locale
- New York City, NY United States
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ellis D.Gordon
- Event History
- The concert was arranged by Danish singer Lauritz Melchoir, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and sponsored by the National American Denmark Association, Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha, and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. Performers included principal artists of the Metropolitan.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005209.