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Reflecting on the experiences of then 20-year-old violin student Clare Galambos, this biography unfolds in 1944 Budapest amidst the harrowing first days after the Nazi occupation. The account details how the subject managed a difficult journey home only to be transported to Auschwitz Birkenau with the rest of her town’s Jewish population. Galambos’ time spent in slave labor is illustrated along with her return to Hungary after the war and her eventual departure for New Zealand. The recollection concludes with the subject’s significant contributions to the country’s music, touching on her career with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Drawing on memoirs, interviews, and historical research, this is an inspiring portrait of wartime survival and artistic achievement.
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"The compelling story of an eventful life." --Julia Millen, The Listener
"Sarah Gaitanos has verified the cloud of memory with her stellar research, placing Winter's oral recollections in the context of recorded history. . . . This is a powerful, galloping read." --Cheryl Pearl Sucher, Sunday Star Times
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"Sarah Gaitanos has verified the cloud of memory with her stellar research, placing Winter's oral recollections in the context of recorded history. . . . This is a powerful, galloping read." --Cheryl Pearl Sucher, Sunday Star Times
Sarah Gaitanos is the author of Nola Millar: A Theatrical Life and coauthor of Crisis.
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- PublisherVictoria University Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0864736452
- ISBN 13 9780864736451
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages280
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Book Description Paperback. 1st Edition. Klara Galambos was a twenty-year-old violin student in Budapest in March 1944. Arrested and thrown into jail in the first days after the German occupation, she later managed to get home to Szombathely, was in the ghetto there and transported with the Jews of Szombathely to Auschwitz Birkenau. After five weeks she and her aunt were among the thousand Hungarian women selected for slave labour at Allendorf. They returned to Hungary after the war, and in 1948 they both left Hungary for New Zealand, where Clare joined the fledgling national orchestra. As a long-serving member of the NZSO, she made a significant contribution to the musical life of this country, and is now retired in Wellington.The Violinist draws on memoir, interviews and historical research to tell a compelling story. Seller Inventory # 8024023
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