Historia de un ningún

On the eve of the feast of Purim, the enemy has entered the ghetto -a ghetto that is not named, nor is the nature of the enemy named- and has threatened the leaders of the Jewish community: if in twenty-four hours they do not Ten volunteers are handed over to be executed by hanging, thus "avenging" the deaths of the ten sons of Haman -the villain in the Purim story, celebrating the triumph of the Persian Jews against potential genocide some 2,400 ago years- they will wipe out the entire community. During the night, the rabbi consults in search of an answer to the dilemma with several legendary rabbis of the past, with the Rambam, with Rashi, with the Gaon of Vilna... and with the Baal Shem Tov, mystic of the 18th century and founder of the Hasidism, who sings a nigún to him. A nigún is a joyous wordless melody credited with the power to break the chains of evil. What will happen at dawn? Historia de un nigún is a moving poetic tale, a hidden gem in the extensive production of Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, which deals with history, immortality and the power of music, and which is inspired by real events that happened during world war II.