Tango of death : the creation of a Holocaust legend / by Willem de Haan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haan, Willem de, author.

Series:

Jews, Judaism, and the arts ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Janowska (Concentration camp).

Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--Lʹviv.

Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Lʹviv.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Persecutions.

Ukraine--Lʹviv.

Physical Description:

136 pages illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"A legend that captures the imagination of audiences and shapes representations of the Holocaust is that in Nazi concentration camps Jewish musicians were forced to play a Tango of Death as men, women and children made their way to the gas chambers. This book traces the origins of this legend to a little known concentration camp in Ukraine where musicians were forced to perform a Jewish tango before they were murdered themselves. By reconstructing the creation of this legend, the book shows how the actual history is hidden, distorted, or even lost altogether"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Memory and Myth

1. Serendipity

2. Legend and Myth

3. Holocaust Legends

4. Methodology

5. Ethics

2. Music in the Camps

1. Nazi Concentration Camps

3. Singing

4. Camp Orchestras

5. Purpose of Camp Music

6. Repertoire

7. Memories of Wagner

8. Wagner Myths

3. The Tango of Death

1. Singing Tangos

2. Three Versions

3. Which One Is It?

4. The Orchestra of Death

1. Nuremberg

2. Provenance

3. The Photographer

4. The Photograph

5. Location

6. The Court

7. Returning to the Iconic Image

5. The Death of the Orchestra

1. Reasons for Doubt

2. Fictionalizing Testimony

6. The Fugue of Death

1. The Poet

2. The Poem

3. The Title

4. Inspiration

5. The Legend

7. Preserving History

1. Imagining Horror

2. Capturing the Imagination

3. Memorializing and Obfuscating

4. Visualizing the Tango of Death

5. Preserving History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: de Haan, Willem. Tango of death: the creation of a holocaust legend

ISBN:

9789004525061

9004525068

OCLC:

1335407962