Terezin was founded as a garrison town in the late 18th century. It served to conceal Nazi-Germany's planned "final solution" finalized in 1942. Terezin's prisoner musicians and singers volunteered to memorize, sing and play Schachter's ingeniously reworded Verdi's Requiem choral from memory. As a result, approximately 1000 Jewish musicians and their families escaped Hitler's "final solution" to start what was later to become the world-famous Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. This book tells historic tidbits such as Pope Pius XI resisting Nazi claims, the White Rose resistance leaflet, and the graffiti campaign. Pianist Rafael Schacter arranged cultural events at Terezin after which the musicians were sent to Auschwitz.