Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:orchestra Holocaust-related organization
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943-1944
gptkbp:composedOf	female prisoners
gptkbp:conductor	gptkb:Alma_Rosé gptkb:Zofia_Czajkowska
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:depictedIn	TV film 'Playing for Time'
gptkbp:documentedIn	Fania Fénelon's book 'Playing for Time' memoirs by survivors
gptkbp:genre	classical music marches popular music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
gptkbp:language	various European languages
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Auschwitz_concentration_camp
gptkbp:notableFor	members were spared from hard labor and death for their musical skills performed for SS officers and camp events
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Fania_Fénelon gptkb:Helene_Scheps gptkb:Vera_Laska gptkb:Sofia_Czajkowska gptkb:Anita_Lasker-Wallfisch gptkb:Esther_Bejarano gptkb:Mala_Zimetbaum
gptkbp:purpose	accompany prisoners to work and to gas chambers perform music for camp activities
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Holocaust gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:survivalRate	higher than average for Auschwitz prisoners
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Auschwitz_Orchestra
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6