The Nazis knew, as the performance was broadcast over the radio, they would never take Leningrad.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
As Leningrad Was Under Seige
Bombed and held hostage by the Nazis, with grave orders from Hitler for the city to be wiped from the face of the planet, Dmitri Shostakovich stubbornly conducted his Seventh Symphony:
The Nazis knew, as the performance was broadcast over the radio, they would never take Leningrad.
The Nazis knew, as the performance was broadcast over the radio, they would never take Leningrad.
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