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Three weeks after their liberation from the death march, on May 27, 1945, eight musicians gave a concert on the lawn in front of the Jewish DP Hospital St. Ottilien. Like their 400 listeners, they were scarred by years of humiliation and the struggle for survival in ghettos and concentration camps. They called their performance "Liberation Concert."

More and more musicians joined the Jewish DP Orchestra. Its members decided to move from DP camp to DP camp to give hundreds of concerts to tens of thousands of listeners, meant to instill courage and hope for a better future as free individuals.

On May 10, 1948, the State of Israel was proclaimed, the musicians scattered all over the world, taking their story and stories with them. Journalist Karla Schönebeck describes for the first time the path of suffering and life of this extraordinary orchestra.

Karla Schönebeck is a freelance journalist who has been engaged for years in conveying German contemporary history to young people. She is on the board of the Förderverein Liberation Concerts and has built a broad network with the descendants of the musicians internationally. Copyright Author: Christian Rudnik

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