Never Give Up The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper (1995)

Never Give Up The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper is a 1995 short documentary film about Herbert Zipper It was written directed and produced by Terry Sanders with Freida Lee Mock coproducing The extraordinary story of Vienna born musician and conductor Herbert Zipper who survived Dachau Buchenwald and a Japanese concentration camp to become one of the great music educators of the world continuing at 92 to bring music to the inner city schools of America In Dachau Zipper organized secret concerts using makeshift instruments He learned the lesson that music and the arts are essential to the very existence of life For the last half of the 20th century Zipper has pioneered in bringing professional orchestras into Americas inner city schools It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short at the 68th Academy Awards in 1996