Music that survived the Nazis: Part one
The Documentary Podcast
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Berlin - A Small Jewish Town
In 19 thirtis germany, as jews were subject to mounting restrictions and attacks by the naze state, they also maintained a rich cultural life. The udesha culturbund offered of theatre, dance and music for jewish audiences,. increasingly ostracized from main stream society. Zemer records have its roots in the community of so called ostuden jews from eastern europe who arrived in berlin in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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