Songs from Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, Birkenau part 2

Identifier
irn600199
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-91.2143
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

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."

Note(s)

  • 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).

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