In 1942, during the siege of Leningrad in WWII, Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was played in the blockaded city. Despite starvation and bombings, the Leningrad Radio Orchestra performed it live, boosting morale. The performance was so powerful that German forces reportedly turned their radios to listen.
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