Overview
- Description
- Phonograph record 2: Syreno Electro. The disc was recorded in Berlin in 1932 and originally issued on the German Semer label. Date of Polish reissue to be determined.
Side A: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 1. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano.
Side B: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 2. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano.
Pinkas Lavender (aka Pinchus Lawenda) (1898-1976), Polish-born actor and singer; active in interwar Germany; residing the US after 1928. Max Janowski (1912-1991), composer, conductor, pianist, born in Germany, arrived to the US via Japan in 1938. The piece touches on topical concerns of immigration, separation and betrayal. - Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Ben Shneiderman
- Format
- Phonograph record; shellac; 10 inches; 78 rpm
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Copyright Undetermined
- Conditions on Use
- Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Recorded Sound Provenance
- The music was acquired by S.L. Shneiderman, the original editor and translator of the Mary Berg's Warsaw diary, and his son Ben Shneiderman, in 1977. They donated the five records to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
- Recorded Sound Notes
- For an interesting reflection on the song's meaning, see www.jmberlin.de/berlin-transit/orte/en/lewin.php?ansicht=historisch.
- Recorded Sound Source
- Professor Ben Shneiderman
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:27:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn594141
Also in This Collection
Mary Berg diary publication papers
Document
The collection documents the initial publication of Warsaw Ghetto: A Diary by Mary Berg in 1945 and subsequent efforts by S.L. Shneiderman, the original editor and translator of the diary, his son Ben Shneiderman, and historian Susan Pentlin to republish the book. Included is correspondence and documents regarding various efforts to republish the diary, clippings, reviews, interview transcripts, manuscript fragments, photographs, and copies of writings regarding the diary. Diary publication materials include copies of contracts and documents related to subsequent efforts to republish the diary, clippings, reviews, transcripts of interviews conducted with Mary Berg, and copies of writings by Susan Pentlin regarding the diary. Correspondence includes letters exchanged by S.L. Shneiderman, Ben Shneiderman, Mary Berg, Susan Pentlin, and various attorneys and publishers. The correspondence between Mary Berg, S.L. Shneiderman, and Susan Pentlin includes early letters from Mary to S.L. in 1945 in Polish, and later letters regarding Mary’s desire to not see the diary republished. Other correspondence includes letters with attorneys and publishers regarding publishing rights. The photographs include depictions of Mary circa 1945 and S.L. and Eileen circa 1992.
Kinder Juhren | Blimelech zwei
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Shpatsiren zenen mir gegangen | Tants a bisele mit mir
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A kleinichker vintele | A ganze vokh
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