Remembering the Holocaust: Defiant Requiem
History Documentary hosted by Tracy Ann Oberman, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration
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In 1944, at the Nazi concentration camp of Terezin, the imprisoned Czech conductor Rafael Schachter formed a choir of 150 of his fellow Jewish prisoners to brazenly perform Verdi's Requiem before the very Nazis who had condemned them to death.
Transcending the horrors around them, night after night they rehearsed in a dark, mouldy and suffocating cellar, with a broken piano. In a calm message of defiance, each time a choir member was murdered by the SS, a new singer would replace them. The final performance took place in front of the camp's Nazi brass, visiting high-ranking SS officers from Berlin and gullible Red Cross inspectors brought in to verify that the prisoners were being well treated.
This film features surviving Nazi propaganda footage of Terezin as it was perversely stage-managed during a Red Cross inspection visit to appear like an attractive Jewish commune. Shortly after the performance, both Schachter and most of his choir would be sent to Auschwitz. But through the transformation of Verdi's music into a proclamation of their unbroken spirit and warning of God's coming wrath against their captors, the prisoners had been able to sing to their captors what they dared not say.
For over ten years, distinguished American conductor Murry Sidlin, who found out about the choir in the 1990s, dreamed of bringing the Requiem back to Terezin. Now, through soaring concert footage, powerful survivor recollections, cinematic dramatizations and evocative animation, their heartbreaking story is brought to life.
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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC
[email protected] * Video Bitrate: CRF 19 (~2746Kbps)
* Video Resolution: 1280x720
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Frames Rate: 25 FPS
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.41 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 80 mins
* Number Of Parts: 1
* Part Size: 1.63 GB
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: JungleBoy
Links
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1) Further Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03slv8r
2) Related Documentaries
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Deaf%20Holocaust%20-%20Deaf%20People%20and%20Nazi%20Germany
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Holocaust%20on%20Trial
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Rutka%20-%20A%20Diary%20of%20The%20Holocaust
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Auschwitz%20-%20The%20Nazis%20and%20the%20Final%20Solution
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Battle%20for%20Warsaw
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Prisoner%20Number%20A26188
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Death%20Camp%20Treblinka%3A%20Survivor%20Stories
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Warsaw%20Ghetto%3A%20The%20Unfinished%20Film
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Witness%20to%20Auschwitz
http://docuwiki.net/?title=Anne%20Frank%20Remembered
3) ed2k Links
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