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With testimony provided by surviving members of Schächter’s choir, soaring concert footage, cinematic dramatizations, and evocative animation, this unique film explores the singers’ view of the Verdi as a work of defiance and resistance against the Nazis.
Defiant Requiem is a feature-length documentary film that tells the extraordinary, untold story of the brave acts of resistance by Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt (Terezín) during World War II. The film highlights a dramatic example of intellectual and artistic courage: the remarkable
Mar 20, 2017 · The Defiant Requiem combines a live performance of Verdi’s Requiem with video footage of survivors’ testimonies, as well as from the Nazi propaganda film Terezin: A Documentary Film from the Jewish Settlement Area, filmed in 1944.
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.
Defiant Requiem is a feature-length documentary film that tells the extraordinary, untold story of the brave acts of resistance by Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt (Terezín) during World War II. The film highlights a dramatic example of intellectual and artistic courage: the remarkable
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.
Students will explore a little-known story of creative resistance during the Holocaust by watching the film Defiant Requiem in order to increase their general understanding of how Jews were oppressed during the Holocaust and how some prisoners used art and music to resist. DOWNLOAD MODULE.
