Lily Dumont; concert pianist taught for decades at Longy

By Richard Dyer

Globe Staff / March 9, 2006

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In 1937, the Gestapo summoned the pianist Lily Dumont to its Berlin headquarters. The officers told her that while they respected her musical artistry, there were ''sensitivities" and ''security risks" because she was Jewish, so she would have to report to the authorities one week before each appearance with blueprints of all venues in which she would be playing, with ... (Full article: 803 words)