Language:
German
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
Menora; Jahrbuch für deutsch-jüdische Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (1993) 111-138
Keywords:
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
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Nazi concentration camps
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and art
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in music
Abstract:
Bergen-Belsen was a camp for Jews - nationals of neutral countries, possessors of certificates for Palestine, or prominent persons - whom the Nazis hoped to exchange one day for German prisoners. Therefore, until the end of 1944, they lived under somewhat better conditions than in other camps; families were kept together and the population of each section of the camp was fairly homogeneous in national background and relatively high cultural level. Though it was officially prohibited, many brought books, musical instruments and writing materials into the camp. This made possible a rich cultural life, including music (especially singing), writing (mainly diaries and poems), and drawing. Such activities were a means of survival amid starvation, filth, disease, and death. Includes reproductions of drawings and two poems.
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