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Educational Seminar “The Auschwitz camp orchestras”
April 25th, 2009, the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau organized an educational seminar on the camp orchestras in Auschwitz.
Those who took part in the seminar were teachers, tour guides, alumni of the post-graduate program and seminars conducted by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, as well as all those interested in this particular subject. The meeting started with a lecture by Prof. Philippe Olivier, entitled “Camp orchestras in Auschwitz”. In addition, participants of the seminar had the opportunity to watch short films dealing with the camp orchestra.
Once the seminar concluded, a concert by Ensemble Voix Etouffées, from France, took place at the Oświęcim Music School. The concert in Oświęcim was a part of the European concert tour by the ensemble, which has worked for many years to commemorate the work of composers persecuted by the Nazi regime.
