Orchestra of Exiles

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In the early 1930s, Hitler began forcing Jewish musicians out of orchestras, leaving some of Europe's most talented musicians jobless. This film tells of a brilliant young musician's coming of age, and how he came together with some of the most famous Jews in the world to create the Palestine Orchestra (now the Israel Philharmonic).

Subject:Music, Holocaust, 1940's, 1930's
Production company:Aronson Film Association

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