Songs from Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, Birkenau part 1

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.2142

Overview

Description: Program about music in the camps, possibly for Polish radio, Katowice Radio. Program host: unidentified. Includes repertoire from Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück -- but nothing from Terezin as label indicates.

Music contents: 1) "Hymn" by Aleksander Kulisiewicz (based on Moorsoldaten); 2) "Moorsoldaten" (original, in German); 3) Wir schreiten fest (Esterwegen anthem); 4) "Die Gedanken sind frei" (resistance song); 5) unidentified Polish patriotic song; 6) "Im Lager Auschwitz war ich zwar"; 7) "Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss"'; 8) "Im Wald, im grünen Walde Da steht ein Försterhaus"; 9) "Kehr ich einst zur heimat wieder"; 10) "Es stehn zwei Freunde Hand in Hand"; 11) "Wenn alles grünt und blüht"; 12) "So einer war auch er"; 13) "Es war einmal ein kleines bübchen [this song was featured in "Schindler's List"]; 14) Polish parody of "O Tannenbaum"; 15) "Niewolnice Tango"; 16) "Pasiaki"; 17) "Za lagrem szumi gaj." Songs 1-13 performed by unidentified male singer. Songs 6-13 are German folksongs sung in the camps. Songs 15-17 performed in Polish by unidentified female singer.

Following this last group of songs (ca. 50:30 to end) Józef Matynia identifies the songs recorded by Witold Szaran on Tape "B" (RG-91.2143) and discusses music at Auschwitz-Birkenau with Szalan.
Format: Audiocassette; magnetic

Physical Details

Language: Polish
Genre/Form: Music.

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Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
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Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection - not accessioned
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: Technical notes: one song interrupted. Source: possibly Auschwitz Memorial archives
Recorded Sound Source: Bret Werb
File Number: Musicology Tape Number: 133

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:29:20
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