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Like Fresh Water in the Desert

Nelly Ben Or is a successful concert pianist born in Poland but behind her beautiful playing lies a past full of persecution and terror.

Nelly Ben Or is a successful concert pianist born in Poland but behind her beautiful playing lies a past full of persecution and terror. She spent years on the run from the Nazi regime during the Holocaust but grabbed brief moments of joy whenever she could find a piano.

Presenter: Saskia Edwards

Image: Nelly Ben Or at the piano
Credit: Nelly Ben Or

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