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She stopped using Fania Jordan in the late 1970's and went back to her maiden name Davis. She is a civil rights lawyer and is the head of a non-profit organization called Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth.

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How old was Fania Fenelon during the Holocaust?

She was born in 1922 according to the German Wikipedia article on her and various French sites, one of which states that she was aged 20 when she was sent to Auschwitz. (The English Wikipedia article gives her year of birth as 1908 and is out of line with other sources).


Are there any known survivors of the Holocaust?

One of the best known is: Elie Wiesel, Night Others include: * Primo Levi, If This is a Man (also published under the title Survival at Auschwitz) * Jean Améry, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz ... * Fania Fénélon, Playing for Time


Did Auschwitz concentration camp have a band?

Auschwitz Women's camp (in Auschwitz II) had an orchestra formed from inmates by Commandant Maria Mandel. She saw to it that they were adequately fed and clothed and they were provided with better accommodation and heating. The women had to play when the long columns of inmates were marched off to work in the mornings and when they returned in the evening - and also during hangings. Fania Fenelon has written about her time as a member of the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra. ___ Treblinka had a brass ensemble.


What is the summary of 'Playing for Time' by Fania Fenelon?

The book is primarily a literary and autobiographical account of her time as a member of the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra. Some aspects of the book are controversial, especially her interpretation of Alma Rosé. Moreover, in the original French version, some members of the orchestra have love affairs with one another. This was strictly against the rules at Auschwitz, but it seems that the music-loving Commandant of the Women's Camp, Maria Mandl (hanged in 1948), was prepared to turn a blind eye to various breaches of camp discipline on the part of members of the orchestra. In the English translation most of the affairs have been removed from the text. However, it still comes across as a deeply degrading experience.


What was it like at the consentration camps?

Obviously, it was absolute hell. The process was a prolonged attack on the **whole person** of each victim. Please bear in mind that before being sent to a camp many victims had been forced to live for several months of longer in ghettos where they didn't have enough to eat. Then there was the rail journey in enclosed cattle trucks (rather like box cars) to the camps. In many cases it was a very long journey indeed, without food and often without anything to drink. So it began ... I hope this gives you some idea. Joncey