Case History
Sunday, June 22, 1947
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This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Concentration camp survivor Karl is haunted by the memory of his leading an orchestra in the death camps where music (The Blue Danube Waltz) was played to mask the shrieks of prisoners being murdered. Works it out with the help of a social worker.
Concludes with a message from Edwin Rosenberg, president of US Service for New Americans.
Produced by the United Service for New Americans/UJA. Social worker played by Edith Atwater, Harold Huber as the refugee.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 2301
Municipal archives id: LT934
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