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Cesare Civetta’s Lecture at the United Nations
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April 28, 2015 Cesare Civetta delivered his lecture entitled A Conductor Stands Up for Justice: How Toscanini Fought Hitler’s Persecution of the Jews at the United Nations during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremonies at the invitation of B’nai B’rith.
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(on right) After the United Nations lecture, Cesare Civetta with Emily Kessler, a 99-year-old musician from Ukraine who escaped the Holocaust.