Holocaust survivors playing in a band in Munich

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: 1946 (indexed as 1946)
Level: item
Scope & content: White border. Indoors. Group of musicians wearing camp prisoner uniforms and performing a concert in Munich for American soldiers and UJA staff. Behind them is a 2-dimensional cardboard backdrop made up of a large palm tree, a column, and a section of barbed wire fence on which there are two Stars of David, one in German and one in Yiddish. A series of large paper Yiddish letters decorate the front of the stage and read "Am Yisrael Chai" (the nation of Israel lives). The musicians are members of The Saint Ottilien Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra. Pictured from left to right are Max Beker (violin), Max Borstein (violin), Melech Granat (drums), Jerzy Richter (voice), Fania Beker (piano) and Rala Wolfberg (clarinet). Narrative: The leader of the orchestra was Michel Hofmekler. The musicians played every Sunday in the Kovno ghetto. The donor, Etta Kaplan, was a spectator at the Nuremberg trials.
In the picture: Band Concert Crowd Event Photograph Indoor Event Jewish Community Judaism Man Music Musical Instrument Musician Orchestra Palm Tree Performer StageTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Photograph : paper : photography : Ink : black, white ; Ht: 7,75 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Genre / form: graphic material
Format: Photograph
Text in the image: cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: Yiddish
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