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By the end of this past summer, concert halls were almost fully open, and often full. WBUR's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz shares his favorites of the year.

The 80th anniversary of the unique rescue of Jewish deportees in 1943 is honoured by photographer Jo Struyven in the exhibition 236 - Land(es)capes from the 20th convoy at the Jewish Museum o

A 17-year search to uncover the missing faces of more than 25,000 Jewish and Roma detainees imprisoned by the Nazis in Belgium, is a step closer to completion. 

The most infamous of all the Nazi concentration camps was Auschwitz, where over one million people died. With the heavily guarded main gate, watchtowers,

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a rundown old factory in Belgium, Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski celebrated his upcoming 90th birthday on Sunday by starring in an opera inspired by his life - a history of love, faith and forgiveness overcoming the darkest tragedy. Gronowski was 11 years old and living Brussels when in 1943 Nazis put him, his mother and sister on a train bound for Auschwitz, the infamous death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. The train was briefly stopped by three ...

Push will be performed in Boortmeerbeek, where Simon Gronowski fled to safety, nine days before his 90th birthday

En l’honneur des bientôt 90 ans de Simon Gronowski, l’opéra PUSH, une œuvre basée sur l’histoire de ce rescapé...

The Brussels parliament has unanimously approved a resolution to erect a monument in honour of three Brussels resistance heroes who helped save the lives of over a hundred Jews during the second world war.

Saturday, 1 May 2021, 6:16 am An 89-year-old pianist who escaped the Holocaust in Nazi Germany almost eight decades ago, has been explaining how he started playing jazz in memory of his sister, and has kept going through the COVID-19 lockdown, playing from the window of his Brussels home “to give people courage.” Simon Gronowski spoke to the United Nations ahead of International Jazz Day, which is celebrated annually on 30 April as a force for “peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced cooper...

Comfort and joy By Marilyn Delk - DCCA News Thankfully, this is the final day of what has been a memorably difficult year. As we eagerly anticipate 2021, we look for symbols of hope, moments that inspire joy to carry us into the future. Not surprisingly, I have found nothing more hopeful, more comforting and inspirational than music and the artists who create that joyful noise. Two totally diverse tales illustrate the truth of this belief, and also provide perspective on this awful year. Bruce ...