The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek: A Holocaust Story of Music and Survival in a Nazi Death Camp

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Nicola Pittam

The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek

A Holocaust Story of Music and Survival in a Nazi Death Camp

Nicola Pittam

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Mardle Books
24 September 2024

Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Keyboard instruments; The Holocaust; Second World War

Former Polish teenage piano prodigy Mosha Gebert is teaching when the Nazis come for her. They kill her student, but she is taken to Majdanek concentration camp. There, Commandant Josef Hanke spots her and recognises her as the pianist he fell in love with years earlier.

Hanke demands that Mosha play 'Ode to Joy' for him, but she refuses. She will never play in such a horrific place - or for such an evil monster. So begins a battle of wills and repeated torture. Even when Hanke causes her to lose her hearing, Mosha refuses to play.

When her sister arrives in the camp, Hanke tries to use her as leverage but Mosha is steadfast in her hatred for Hanke and the Nazis. Even when her sister is subjected to worse punishment, Mosha does not waver. Instead of playing for Hanke, she begins teaching the women camp songs.

Hanke finally turns his anger on Mosha, breaking one of her fingers. She convinces prison guard Elsa to smash the rest of her fingers with a rock.

Mosha believes crippling herself is the only way for her to survive and triumph over Hanke, but what will this do to him? Will Hanke forgive her? Or will this last desperate act finally push him over the edge?

By: Nicola Pittam
Imprint: Mardle Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781802471915
ISBN 10: 180247191X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 24 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicola Pittman is a British screenwriter, an award-winning author and a former Fleet Street journalist. Her TV pilot House of the Rising Sun made the Bitch List 2019 and also placed on the inaugural Grey List 2023 of Hollywood's top 40 writers over 40.

Reviews for The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek: A Holocaust Story of Music and Survival in a Nazi Death Camp

'A moving and uplifting story of one woman’s fight against the Nazis through her love of music. It will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading.' -- John Marrs, author of The One and The Marriage Act ‘What a glorious story of the therapeutic use of music in the most hideous of situations – one woman, her faith and powerful mind against concentration camp evil.’ -- Angie Best