Playing for Time
by Fania Fenelon, Marcelle Routier
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Author: Fania Fenelon, Marcelle RoutierEdition: Paperback
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-12
ISBN: 0815604947
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
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Book Review: An unusual holocaust tale
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the story of a French singer who spent 2? years in a Nazi concentration camp. Saved because of her musical abilities, FF spent her internment as a member of an all-women's orchestra which played for the camp's leaders. It is a strange tale, not especially well or clearly written--essentailly stuff for a holocaust junkey. Compared to Martin Goldsmith's The Unestinquishable Symphony, this book is definitely second tier.
Summary of Playing for Time
In 1943, Fania Fenelon was a Paris cabaret singer, a secret member of the Resistance, and a Jew. Captured by the Nazis, she was sent to Auschwitz where she became one of the legendary "orchestra girls" who used music to survive the Holocaust. This is her personal account of the experience.Jewish Books
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