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Songs from Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, Birkenau part 2

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.2143

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    Description
    Radio Katowice interview with Auschwitz survivor and songwriter Witold Szaran, recorded Gdansk, January 9, 1988. Host: Józef Matynia (camp survivor and memorialization activist; also on "A" tape - RG-91.2142).

    Musical contents: 1) "Chciałem"; 2) "Birkenau, przeklęte Birkenau"; 3) "Lalko, kocham cię"; 4) "Okręt mój się nazywa Lincoln" (AKA "majn jidisze mame" (in Polish); 5) "To tango kiedyś ci przypomni"; 6) "Jam z taboru Cyganka."
    Date
    Recorded:  1988 January 08
    Format
    Audiocassette; magnetic

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish
    Genre/Form
    Music.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    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
    Source (probable): Auschwitz Memorial archives.

    USHMM Kulisiewicz Collection includes correspondence with Szaran (www.worldcat.org/title/aleksander-kulisiewicz-collection-testimony-correspondence-song-text/oclc/122390957)

    USHMM Oral History Collection interview with Bolesław Kierski (taped 1998) includes references to Szaran and music at Auschwitz (https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507908).
    Recorded Sound Source
    Werb, Bret
    File Number
    Musicology Tape Number: 133
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:29:20
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