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Playing for Time by Fania Fénelon is a harrowing account of her survival in Auschwitz by joining the camp's orchestra. Fania, a former Paris cabaret singer and resistance member, recounts the brutal conditions, the dehumanizing treatment, and the complex dynamics among prisoners. Through her narrative, she offers an unflinching look at the horrors of life in the concentration camp, where music was a means to endure and survive amidst relentless cruelty. The book contains descriptions of graphic violence and inhumane treatment.