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And for the detainees who attended the symphony orchestra’s performances, the music provided a mental escape from the harsh realities of life in Auschwitz. “The Germans put barbed wire all around the camp so that no one will escape, but I just close my eyes and I’m on the other side of the wires,” one of the prisoners would say. “They have no idea that we’re all fugitives.”