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

Photograph | 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.

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 Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Unidentified -- Cultural/Religious Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Granat

About This Photograph

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.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Max Reid

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: David Granat
Source Record ID: Collections: 1998.17.2
 
Record last modified: 2022-03-15 00:00:00
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