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Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson. Playing to live: Pianist survived Holocaust by performing for Nazis

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Playing to live: Pianist survived Holocaust by performing for Nazis

Moni Basu, CNN

Updated 6:42 PM EDT,
Sat May 12, 2012

Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson escaped a death march by playing music.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson was presumed dead along with 16,000 Jews from Kharkov

She escaped a death march and survived the Holocaust by joining a musical troupe

She and her sister took on new identities and performed for Germans

Now 85, Dawson is honored by an Atlanta university for her 'indomitable spirit'

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/12/us/georgia-holocaust-survivor/index.html?hpt=hp_c2




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