People of Note - Dr Stephen Muir

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From the 10th to the 17th of September a festival by the Performing the Jewish archive will be presented at various venues in cape Town of music and theatre pieces by Jewish artists of the 20th Century that have been neglected, forgotten or even thought lost.

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Dr Stephen Muir who is the principal investigator for the Performing The Jewish Archive project based at the University of Leeds in the UK. Dr Muir has worked closely with The South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation.
4 Sep 2017 English South Africa TV & Film

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