The Cellist of Dachau

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In 1938, Otto Schalmik, a 19-year-old musician from a Jewish family in Vienna, is arrested by Nazi police. Transported to Dachau, he is summoned to the home of the camp's Adjutant, Birchendorf, who forces him to scrub the floors and play Bach on a priceless looted cello. In 1990s California, Otto, now a world-famous composer, and a young Australian musicologist, Rosa, discover the ways in which their lives are linked through music and history.Weaving together the stories of three generations of women from both sides of Germany's 20thcentury horror story, J SS Bach explores the ongoing impact of war and the power of music as atranscending force to heal and rebuild lives.