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[2013]., General, PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the face of horrific living conditions, Jewish inmates of Terezin concentration camp-artist, musicians, poets and writers-fought back with art and music. Led by conductor Rafael Schachter, they re-imagined a Catholic liturgical work, Verdi's Requiem, as a condemnation of the Nazis. They performed for Nazi brass, singing what they dared not say. Six decades later, a new conductor and choir take Verdi's Requiem back to Terezin to bring the story of Schachter's artistic uprising back to life.
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c2005., A & E Home Video ; Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. The French Revolution is a feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. Includes dramatic reenactments, illustrations, and paintings from the era, plus accounts from journals and expert commentary from historians.
