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The orchestra was forced to play as new arrivals were marched to the gas chambers, a memory she carried "with tears in [her] eyes".

Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, she volunteered for the girls' orchestra despite originally being a pianist. The orchestra was forced to play as new

She quickly learned the accordion to join the group, which spared her from the grueling labor of carrying heavy stones. The orchestra was forced to play as new