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Music of the Holocaust: Highlights from the Collection
For many victims of Nazi brutality, music was an important means of preserving and asserting their humanity. Like “audio snapshots,” works of music from the Holocaust offer a telling glimpse into the events and emotions their creators and first audiences experienced firsthand.
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Personal Histories
The items people chose to take with them as they fled Nazi persecution; a mother’s efforts to protect her child; the atmosphere in ghettos in the aftermath of roundups and deportations; conditions in cattle cars during deportation—these are among the experiences described in featured personal histories.
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