October " XII. Else-Lasker-Schüler-Forum " Concert in Prague, Czech Republic with Esther Ofarim foto © by els.gesellschaft.wtal.de Esther Ofarim performed in concert on October 22th in the library of the city of Prague (in the new city hall) at 20.00 h. Esther Ofarim, live in Prague 2004 - fotos © by konfes.cz "Ve'ulai - und vielleicht - a snad" Esther Ofarimová in Prague Concert review by Roel van Nieuwenhoven From October 16-24, 2004 the Else Lasker-Schüler Gesellschaft organized a forum in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. Main theme of the forum was Exile and Persecution of Minorities: forbidden Art in past and present. It was not accidental that Prague was chosen out of the new Eastern-European cities that joined the EU this spring. Prague with its glamourous past is a city where minorities always have flourished in spite of the atrocities that took place in the last century. As Hajo Jahn, chairman of the EL-S Gesellschaft, said when he introduced | |
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