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Like Fresh Water in the Desert
Nelly Ben Or is a successful concert pianist born in Poland but behind her beautiful playing lies a past full of persecution and terror.
Nelly Ben Or is a successful concert pianist born in Poland but behind her beautiful playing lies a past full of persecution and terror. She spent years on the run from the Nazi regime during the Holocaust but grabbed brief moments of joy whenever she could find a piano.
Presenter: Saskia Edwards
Image: Nelly Ben Or at the piano in the mid 1960s
Credit: Nelly Ben Or
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Sun 22 Jul 201809:06GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet
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