>On 1 June 1918, something unprecedented occurred here: German prisoners of war performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in its entirety for the first time in Asia. Not in a concert hall in peacetime, but in a POW (Prisoner-of-war) camp during the Great War, or World War I.>The impact of that performance was so far-reaching that, over a century later, ‘Ode to Joy’ still rings out at bus stops, serving as a daily reminder of a time when enemies became teachers, and music transcended war.Bruh imagine being a nip at that camp and after a lifetime of hearing YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pentatonic slop, you hear this as your introduction to western music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ZCh8oelVQNo wonder Japs dicksuck germans these days, that must have mindbroken them beyond relief. Jeez