Auschwitz women's orchestra

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
Holocaust-related organization
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:SS_guards
gptkb:Auschwitz-Birkenau
gptkbp:category Holocaust music
Orchestras in Poland
Women in the Holocaust
gptkbp:conductor gptkb:Alma_Rosé
gptkb:Zofia_Czajkowska
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:documentedIn memoirs by survivors
testimonies at Holocaust trials
gptkbp:formedIn 1943
gptkbp:genre classical music
marches
popular songs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Auschwitz women's orchestra
gptkbp:languageOfPerformance gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Yiddish
Polish
gptkbp:location gptkb:Auschwitz_concentration_camp
gptkbp:notableEvent death of Alma Rosé in 1944
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Fania_Fénelon
gptkb:Marta_Weiss
gptkb:Renee_Müller
gptkb:Helene_Scheps
gptkb:Violette_Jacquet-Silberstein
gptkb:Sofia_Czajkowska
gptkb:Anita_Lasker-Wallfisch
gptkb:Esther_Bejarano
gptkb:Mala_Zimetbaum
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 30-50
gptkbp:performedAt prisoners
Nazi camp officials
gptkbp:purpose accompanying prisoners to work
entertainment for SS guards
forced to play music during roll calls
gptkbp:subjectOf book 'Playing for Time' by Fania Fénelon
documentaries on Holocaust music
film 'Playing for Time' (1980)
gptkbp:survivalRate higher than average for camp prisoners
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anita_Lasker-Wallfisch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6