Music

This set of clips from the Institute's archive showcases survivors before the camera performing music that helped sustain them during the Holocaust.

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  Wolf Deane remembers music from the Lodz ghetto

  Language: English

  Wolf Deane plays the song composed and sang by Jews in the Lodz ghetto in Poland. This testimony clip and melody is featured in the short film Melodies of Auschwitz.   
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  Victor Aitay

  Language: English

  Mr. Aitay, received his first violin from his father at age 5. He was a Concert Violinist in his native Budapest, Hungary, and later became the Concertmaster for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He plays Bach's Adagio First Sonata on his Guadagnini violin.

  Gender: Male
  DOB: April 14, 1921
  City of birth: Budapest
  Country of birth: Hungary
  Ghettos: No
  Went into hiding: No
  Other experiences: Hungarian Forced Labor Battalions, Protected Houses (Budapest), Displaced Persons Camps

   
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  Klara Benjamin Belkin

  Language: English

  A gifted cellist from an early age, Mrs. Benjamin-Belkin became the main Cellist for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Canada. She plays Bach's Prelude in G Major on her cello.

  Gender: Female
  DOB: November 6, 1929
  City of birth: Mezőtúr
  Country of birth: Hungary
  Ghettos: Szeged ghetto
  Camps: Bergen-BelsenWent into hiding: No
  Other experiences: Displaced Persons Camps

   
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  Chaim Goldberger

  Language: English

  Cantor Goldberger sings a Chapter of the Psalms-a prayer of thanksgiving- often recited by his father, the Chief Cantor at the main synagogue in Copenhagen.

  Gender: Male
  DOB: May 6, 1938
  City of birth: Copenhagen
  Country of birth: Denmark
  Camps: No
  Ghettos: No
  Went into hiding: Yes
  Other experiences: Fled from Nazi-controlled territory (Denmark to Sweden) in 1943