I have come to feel that the less said about Ullmann’s Sonata #7, the better. It is one of the great creations of the human spirit, having been written in Terezin as his final work, just before he was deported to Auschwitz and gassed. The survival of the manuscript is miraculous.

Some hints on how to listen to it:
The first movement, in D major, is a tender ode to life, dedicated to his children. There are two Scherzos: movements 2 and 4, giving some taste of the hardships and horror, and somewhat the humor of life in the camp. The third movement, an atonal Adagio, is quite serious - noble and tragic. The Variations and Finale that complete the work are a defiant middle finger to the Nazi oppressors. They begin with Variations on a sad little Jewish tune, which is then turned into a triumphant major anthem, and combined with the Hussite marching song (a Czech expression of defiance and patriotism) and the name of BACH, which comes thundering in bombastically in conclusion.