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Gemini Books Group Ltd The Rebel Pianist Of Majdanek : A Holocaust Story Of Music And Survival In A Nazi Death Camp

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Gemini Books Group Ltd The Rebel Pianist Of Majdanek : A Holocaust Story Of Music And Survival In A Nazi Death Camp

'A moving and uplifting story of one woman's fight against the Nazis through her love of music.It will stay with you long after you've finished reading.' John Marrs, author of The One and The Marriage ActFormer Polish teenage piano prodigy Mosha Gebert is teaching when the Nazis come for her.They kill her student, but she is taken to Majdanek concentration camp.There, Commandant Josef Hanke spots her and recognises her as the pianist he fell in love with years earlier. Hanke demands that Mosha play 'Ode to Joy' for him, but she refuses.She will never play in such a horrific place - or for such an evil monster.So begins a battle of wills and repeated torture. Even when Hanke causes her to lose her hearing, Mosha refuses to play. When her sister arrives in the camp, Hanke tries to use her as leverage but Mosha is steadfast in her hatred for Hanke and the Nazis.Even when her sister is subjected to worse punishment, Mosha does not waver.Instead of playing for Hanke, she begins teaching the women camp songs. Hanke finally turns his anger on Mosha, breaking one of her fingers.She convinces prison guard Elsa to smash the rest of her fingers with a rock. Mosha believes crippling herself is the only way for her to survive and triumph over Hanke, but what will this do to him?Will Hanke forgive her? Or will this last desperate act finally push him over the edge?

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