2022--obituary-for-esther-bejarano--in-the-fight-against-hate---politics---magazine--healty-and-sport-news

Bejarano survived the Holocaust through a combination of chance and musical talent.

Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, she volunteered for the girls' orchestra despite originally being a pianist. Bejarano survived the Holocaust through a combination of

After the war, Bejarano emigrated to Israel before returning to Germany in 1960. Her activism was sparked in 1979 when she saw German police protecting neo-Nazi protesters. Bejarano survived the Holocaust through a combination of

The orchestra was forced to play as new arrivals were marched to the gas chambers, a memory she carried "with tears in [her] eyes". Bejarano survived the Holocaust through a combination of

She quickly learned the accordion to join the group, which spared her from the grueling labor of carrying heavy stones.