Provides an account of the role of music amongst communities imprisoned under Nazism. This book documents musical activities in Nazi internment centres, and is also concerned with exploring the ways in which music contribute to our understanding of the Holocaust and the experiences of its victims. Shirli Gilbert offers the first detailed, scholarly account in English of the role of music among the communities imprisoned under Nazism...[her work] provides a rich overview of music in the Holocaust based on world-wide research. Her enthusiastic study highlights the important role of music.