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‘Melodies of Life’ project presents Holocaust-era songs at United Nations Assembly Hall
Summary
A presenter at the United Nations Assembly Hall described "Melodies of Life," a project documenting Jewish melodies composed or sung in ghettos and camps between 1933 and 1945, and said the program aims to preserve those songs and their stories as survivors age and to combat antisemitism and indifference.
A presenter at the United Nations Assembly Hall described "Melodies of Life" as Jewish melodies written or sung between 1933 and 1945 in ghettos and camps that gave hope and played a critical role in survival during a program of remembrance.
The presenter said the project documents who wrote the songs and the conditions in which they were created so those stories do not disappear as survivors die. "The melodies of life, they had to come in the situation and culture of remembrance in Germany because the survivors are dying," the presenter said.
The presenter, who described themselves as a third-generation…
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