The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, formed in 1943 within Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, was an all-female ensemble composed of women from eleven nations who played music for prisoners and Nazi officers alike. For many of the women involved, participation meant survival, as it was the only orchestra of its kind in a Nazi camp. Award-winning historian Anne Sebba narrates their powerful and poignant story with sensitivity, exploring the complex roles music played amid unimaginable circumstances.