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Rachela's Mandolin in Auschwitz

This program is focusing on the touching story of Rachela Zelmanowicz-Olewski, a Jewish mandolin player from Poland who, as a girl, played in the Auschwitz women's orchestra under the famous violinist and conductor Alma Rose'.

Rachela's story is of a heroic survival in Auschwitz through the power of her mandolin music. She was liberated in Bergen-Belsen and later raised a family in Israel, until she passed away in 1987.

Earlier Event: September 20
Sixteenstrings
Later Event: October 14
Duo Mantar