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Concert in the old school Garrett

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.2125

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    Concert in the old school Garrett

    Overview

    Description
    Survivor and poet Michael Flack's poem "Concert In the Old School Garrett" set to music by composer Daniel Dobias.
    Contributor
    Writer: Michael J. Flack
    Composer: Daniel Dobias
    Biography
    Michael Flack was born Michal Flach on 12 September 1920 in Lwow, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine), to parents with Czech citizenship. His family moved to Teschen (Český Těšín) in Silesia, where his father worked in a lumber company, and later moved back to Czechoslovakia, first to Ostrava and then Brno. Flack moved to Prague to pursue his studies in law in 1938, and also began to write poetry, counting among his friends the poet (and later Nobel laureate) Jaroslav Seifert. Although offered a scholarship at the University of Iowa, Flack was unable to leave following the German occupation, and was imprisoned at Theresienstadt during the German occupation of his homeland. While there, he was made co-director of children's home L318 at Theresienstadt, due to his previous teaching background. In 1944, however, he was deported to Auschwitz as a forced laborer, and later to a subcamp of Buchenwald, Meuselwitz, from which he was liberated by Allied forces in April 1945. Following liberation and the end of the war, Flack served as an interpreter for U.S. Army forces, and as a result of befriending an army lieutenant, Stanley Newton (of Santa Ana, CA), Flack eventually was able to come to the United States on the basis of an affidavit from Newton. Flack initially studied on a scholarship at the University of Iowa, pursuing degrees in sociology and anthropology while also attending the noted Iowa Writers Workshop. He later studied at the Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he earned a masters and doctorate in international law and international relations. In 1957, he was appointed to the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, where he remained until 1983, when he retired and moved to Washington, DC. Michael Flack died in January 2009.
    Format
    Audiocassette; magnetic

    Physical Details

    Language
    Czech

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    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

    Recorded Sound Provenance
    Since 1992, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's music historian has collected historic sound recordings, published materials, interviews, and music related to the Holocaust and World War II.
    Recorded Sound Notes
    Related museum collections include Flack's personal papers, Accession Number: 2011.406.1 and oral history, Accession Number: 2012.503.24, RG Number: RG-50.934.0023.
    Recorded Sound Source
    Werb, Bret
    Record last modified:
    2024-06-10 10:49:12
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