Rhoda Levine collection
Extent and Medium
boxes
oversize box
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rhoda Levine
Rhoda Levine donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 28, 2010.
Scope and Content
Consists of production material, newspaper clippings, and programs related to the original production of "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" which was composed by Victor Ullmann while imprisoned in Theresienstadt (Terezin). Includes an audiocassette of the first performance of the opera, performed in Amsterdam in 1975, copies of the musical score, and photographic prints of the first production. Also includes newspaper clippings and programs regarding subsequent venues where the original production was performed. Ullmann was murdered in Auschwitz in October 1944.
People
- Ullmann, Viktor.
Subjects
- Concentration camps--Songs and music.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)--Songs and music.
- Ullmann, Viktor. Kaiser von Atlantis.
Genre
- Document