The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek
A Holocaust Story of Music and Survival in a Nazi Death Camp
$22.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2024
Summary
Inspired by the true story of pianist Mosha Gebert’s struggles in Nazi death camp Majdanek. Refusing to play for the camp commandant, Mosha faces a heartbreaking choice: she must share her music or suffer crippling torture.
Former Polish teenage piano prodigy Mosha Gebert is teaching when the Nazis come for her. They kill her student, but she is taken to Majdanek concentration camp. There, Commandant Josef Hanke spots her and recognises her as the pianist he fell in love with years e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781802471915 |
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| ISBN-10: | 180247191X |
| Author: | Nicola Pittam |
| Publisher: | Gemini Books Group Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mardle Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘A moving and uplifting story of one woman’s fight against the Nazis through her love of music. It will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading.’ – John Marrs, author of The One and The Marriage Act ‘What a glorious story of the therapeutic use of music in the most hideous of situations - one woman, her faith and powerful mind against concentration camp evil.’ – Angie Best
Nicola Pittam
Nicola Pittman is a British screenwriter, an award-winning author and a former Fleet Street journalist. Her TV pilot House of the Rising Sun made the Bitch List 2019 and also placed on the inaugural Grey List 2023 of Hollywood’s top 40 writers over 40.
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