1. Shoenberg And Holocaust Music
A vast literature consisting of histories, diaries, memoirs, poetry, novels, and prayers has emerged in an effort to understand the Holocaust in terms of its religious and secular implications. ... Finally, as the victims are being led away to the gas chamber, they started first slowly one-two-three-became faster and faster: so fast it finally sounded like a stampede of wild horses and-quite of a sudden-in the middle of it they began singing the "Shema Yisroel" - "Hear, O Israel" - the Jewish command to love God, a prayer of comfort and hope as a symbol of their unity in the face of death. ....
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