The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic·924K subscribers·2K videos
Holocaust Survivor Band
Posted
May 2, 2019
Views
17,362
Likes
434
Comments
12
Engagement
2.57%
May 2, 2019
17,362
434
12
2.57%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
4:48Now PlayingSaul Dreier and Reuwen (“Ruby”) Sosnowicz, both Polish nonagenarian Holocaust survivors, endured dramatically different circumstances during World War II. Dreier survived three concentration camps; in one, a cantor created an impromptu choir in the barracks, and Dreier learned to play drums by banging two spoons together. Sosnowicz spent the war in a barn amongst cattle, hidden by a Polish farmer. After, he took up the accordion to pass the time in displaced persons camp in Germany.
The men didn’t cross paths until retiring in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2015, they formed a Klezmer band, based on the musical tradition of their childhoods as Ashkenazis in Eastern Europe. They decided to call themselves the Holocaust Survivor Band. Read more
"Holocaust Survivor Band" was directed by Joshua Z Weinstein. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
