found in this work a spiritual reawakening or a spiritual reassurance. >> reporter: the singing of verdiat terezin had a profound impact on the prisoners and singers, like survivor marianka zadikow-may, speaking recently at a symposium. >> we wanted to be liberated and just hope that there is a loving hashem in heaven who will hear you and liberate you. >> reporter: in the wretched camp, says survivor vera schiff, verdi's requiem was a lifeline. >> it was part of the defiance, to keep up our spirits, to keep us in a frame of mind, you want to live, you want to live another day. that was helping over the hunger, over the illnesses and depravation, and that carries you a long way under the circumstances when we feared for our life day by day. >> we felt great because otherwise we had no opportunity to show the nazis that we don't, we're not afraid of them. >> reporter: schaechter conducted verdi's requiem 16 times at terezin. after the final 1944 performance, he and most of the chorus were shipped off to the gas chambers at auschwitz. for the few survivors, remembering brings pain and prid

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has been found guilty of stealing billions of dollars worth of oil and laundering the proceeds of verdi's following his second trial former head of the oil giant ucas is already serving a jail sentence for tax evasion and fraud and bring you developments from the courtroom in moscow here on our team. and up next british political grandy tony bennett tells us why he's backing the turbulent student protests even though they've been turning violent. today i'm talking to the right honorable tony benn one of britain's foremost socialist and the president of the stop the war coalition tony benn thank you so much for talking to r.t. now you're a big believer in democracy as the means to pos power from what you call the wallets to the ballots what do you think is the state of democracy in the world today very imperfect i mean if you look at the world people are beginning to see the world as a single unit i mean my granddaughter's school in london with seventy six nationalities ways to go to school right addressing the general assembly of the united nations and i think that the younger generation