ISBN:
0199277974
Language:
English
Pages:
262 Seiten
Year of publication:
2005
Series Statement:
Oxford historical monographs
Series Statement:
Oxford historical monographs
Keywords:
Musik
;
Getto
;
Konzentrationslager
;
Schoa
Abstract:
This is an account of the role of music among communities imprisoned under Nazism. It documents a wide scope of musical activities in Nazi internment centres, and is concerned with exploring the ways in which music contribute to a broader understanding of the Holocaust and the experiences of its victims. df In Music in the Holocaust Shirli Gilbert provides the first large-scale, critical account of the role of music amongst communities imprisoned under Nazism. She documents a wide scope of musical activities, ranging from orchestras and chamber groups to choirs, theatres, communal sing-songs, and cabarets, in some of the most important internment centres in Nazi-occupied Europe, including Auschwitz and the Warsaw and Vilna ghettos. Gilbert is also concerned with exploring the ways in which music - particularly the many songs that were preserved - contribute to our broader understanding of the Holocaust and the experiences of its victims. Music in the Holocaust is, at its core, a social history, taking as its focus the lives of individuals and communities imprisoned under Nazism. df Music opens a unique window on to the internal world of those communities, offering insight into how they understood, interpreted, and responded to their experiences at the time.
