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