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Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › June 27, 2009
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Mendelssohn, the Nazis and Me BBC4, 8pm
FELIX Mendelssohn was a passionate Christian. He was also born a Jew. This film was made by documentary-maker Sheila Hayman, Mendelssohn's great-great-great-great niece, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth. It tells the extraordinary story of what happened, generations later, both to Mendelssohn's family and to his music, when the Nazis remembered the Jewish roots of Germany's most celebrated composer.See the full content of this document
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