"There it is again, that damned date. ... Of these, more than 4,000 were probably children. The Germans made no announcement then to help maintain civilian morale. The Soviets were embarrassed and hid the event. ... That much you owe us, seeing as how you were one of the lucky ones and survived. ...
There is no paper. ... Soviet composers of the 1920's were confronted by many new problems. Firstly, the audiences at the time were the most diverse they had ever been, with both sophisticated intelligent listeners and the uneducated, although there was still a void where the middle class should be. ... In 1932, a union was set up, "The Union of Soviet Composers" which was then split up into sections which governs the various musical genres. ... I personally enjoyed listening to Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony although from the style of the music, it was clear that there were some poli...
They were not chosen because they were cruel. ... When a prisoner asked him why he was kind to them, since all prisoners would eventually be murdered, he simply replied, "I hope there will be enough among us to prevent that. " When the Jews first arrived at camp, they were either sent to the right or to the left by an SS selection officer. If they were sent to the left, they were immediately executed. If they were sent to the right, they were spared for the moment but were sent to a living hell. ... Roll calls were hell when the attendance of prisoners was right, but if it was wrong...
