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Members of the Jewish Ex-Concentration Camp orchestra perform on stage in Nuremberg, Germany.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 29734

Members of the Jewish Ex-Concentration Camp orchestra perform on stage in Nuremberg, Germany.

Among the musicians pictured are singer George Richter, violinist Max Beker (left) and pianist Fanny Durmashkin-Beker.

See photograph 48234 for alternate caption.

Overview

Caption: Members of the Jewish Ex-Concentration Camp orchestra perform on stage in Nuremberg, Germany.

Among the musicians pictured are singer George Richter, violinist Max Beker (left) and pianist Fanny Durmashkin-Beker.

See photograph 48234 for alternate caption.
Date: 1946
Locale: Nuremberg, [Bavaria] Germany
Variant Locale: Nurnberg
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Granat
Event History: The Jewish Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra was composed of survivors of the Kovno ghetto and various concentration camps. This concert was given for the war crimes prosecutors and staff at Nuremberg.

See "Kauen Main Camp" in Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, Volume 1, Part A.
Also See:https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005140.

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Granat

Source Record ID: Collections: 1998.17.2

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: DPS (JEWISH) MUSICIANS/INSTRUMENTS ORCHESTRAS/BANDS PERFORMANCES/PERFORMERS STARS OF DAVID
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Unidentified -- Cultural/Religious Life

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Max Reid

Record last modified:: 2022-03-15 00:00:00
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