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Defiant Requiem, a feature-length documentary film, highlights the most dramatic example of intellectual and artistic courage in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp during World War II: the remarkable story of Rafael Schächter, a brilliant, young Czech conductor who was arrested and sent to Terezín in 1941.
3 ago 2012 · With Kate Grabau, Lindsay Hopper, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelly Tighe. A memorial concert reawakens the story of an artistic uprising in the Nazi concentration camp, Terezin, where a chorus of 150 inmates confronts the Nazis face-to-face - and sings to them what they dare not say.
Defiant Requiem is about how a rare form of courage, hope, and survival sparked an entirely unique method of fighting Nazi oppression, enabling the prisoners to maintain their dignity and humanity while battling the worst of mankind with the best of mankind.
HOURS OF FREEDOM. DOCUMENTARY FILM. EDUCATION. Interactive Terezín. Explore the Terezín ghetto through an interactive map. Survivor Stories. Read the stories of Holocaust survivors. University Residency Project. Learn about the Foundation’s grant program for performances by academic institutions.
Defiant Requiem, a feature-length documentary film, tells the remarkable story of conductor Rafael Schächter who demonstrated moral leadership in the Terezín ghetto by enriching his fellow prisoners’ souls through great music.
16 gen 2013 · Defiant Requiem: Film Review. Popular Palm Springs documentary examines a concert at the Terezin concentration camp during World War II.
Rafael Schächter, a brilliant Czech conductor, was arrested and sent to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezin) in 1941. This documentary explores a unique chapter in Holocaust history when prisoners used music and the arts to sustain their spirits and resist Nazi oppression.
