This documentary examines the rediscovery of a long-lost body of Jewish musical culture created in Nazi Germany. Between 1933 and 1938, the Jewish-run record labels Semer and Lukraphon continued to record Jewish composers, musicians, and cabaret artists under the auspices of the Jewish Cultural Association, after Jewish artists had been excluded from public cultural life in Germany. These recordings represent a rare and fragile space of artistic expression during a period of increasing persecution.

On the night of November 9, 1938, during the Nazi pogrom later known as Kristallnacht, the labels’ archives—including shellac records, master matrices, lyrics, and sheet music—were deliberately destroyed. As a result, the music was believed to have been lost forever. More than seventy years later, surviving shellac discs were recovered from archives and private collections across the world, enabling an extraordinary act of cultural reconstruction.

Through newly arranged performances by an international ensemble and extensive historical research, the film traces the recovery of this musical heritage and situates it within its broader political and cultural context. It explores how these recordings reveal the complexity of Jewish identity in 1930s Berlin and foregrounds the personal and often tragic fates of the artists involved. The documentary demonstrates that this resurrected music remains emotionally powerful and historically resonant, underscoring its continued relevance today.