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We Want the Light: the Jews and German Music

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To mark Tuesday's National Holocaust Memorial Day, an exploration of the importance of music in the integration of the Jews into German cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th century. Tracing the influence on Hitler of Wagner's anti-Semitic pamphlet DasJudenthum in derMusik
(Judaism in Music) and German themes in his music, the film also tells of the place of music in the Nazi concentration camps. Featuring music by Mendelssohn, Mahler and Bach. Writer/Director Christopher Nupen : Executive producer Peter Maniura Broken Silence: Eyes of the Holocaust is at lam

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Director:
Christopher Nupen
Producer:
Peter Maniura
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