BBC article Theresienstadt Football matches and music.

[CARL]

Good article today on the BBC homepage, regarding the football matches played at Theresienstadt during the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. The article also has clips of eerie piano music, that was used as part of the many cabaret shows that were performed at the theatre in Theresienstadt. Many of these plays and performances were created by the Jewish artist/poet Petr Klein, who also designed the Theresienstadt banknotes (shown below). Klein, along with his wife and family, was later transported to Auschwitz, where they all perished.

Regards,

Carl

[CARL]

A link to the aforementioned article:

BBC News - Cabaret and football: Life before death in the Holocaust

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

As ever Carl , you really do point us to the most interesting pieces of history!! Thanks, Leon.

[CARL]

Thanks for your kind words Leon, I appreciate it.

Regards,

Carl

[CARL]

Link to a recent thread addressing the "Defiant Requiem" production, which covers the story of pianist-conductor Rafael Schächter and his choral group who defied their masters through their art.

"DEFIANT REQUIEM" a documentary film

The thread contains a HD link to the production in full.