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Hiding in the spotlight : a musical prodigy's story of survival, 1941-1946 / Greg Dawson.
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TextPublication details: New York : Pegasus Books, 2009.Description: 278 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781605980454
- 1605980455
- Musical prodigy's story of survival, 1941-1946
- Hiding in the spot light
- Arshanskaya, Zhanna -- Childhood and youth
- Pianists -- Biography
- Gifted children -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Ukraine -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Ukraine -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Biography
- Child musicians -- Ukraine -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Personal narratives
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Ukraine -- Biography
- Arkashyna, Zhanna
- Pianists -- Biography
- Gifted children -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Ukraine -- Biography
- ML417.A75 D39 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274)
The author relates the remarkable story of his pianist mother, a child prodigy who escaped certain death when the Nazis invaded Ukraine, adopted a new identity, and came under the protection of a Nazi commander who heard her play.