Excelsior: 80 Years After The Liberation Of Auschwitz: The Impact Of Pop Culture On Film, Music And Literature
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“Eighty years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau , the impact of what happened there during World War II is still felt. Although the first news about the site was broadcast on the radio, in film and in newspapers, today the events that occurred, the stories of those who died and those who survived, continue to impact not only the media, but also popular culture worldwide… Since Auschwitz was liberated in 1945, the Hoss family home remained in the hands of a Polish family, but in 2023 it was acquired by the Counter Extremist Project, a New York-based NGO that has sought to combat extremism since 2014.”
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January 26, 2025
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The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
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Eisenhower Theater
Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.