Tango of Death
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Background information | |
Years active | 1941 — 1944 |
Past members | Jacob Mund, Leon Strix, Jozef German, and others |
Tango of Death was a
History
In
The initiator of the compulsory organization of musician-prisoners in the orchestra was the deputy commandant of the Janowska camp,
The 40-person[1] orchestra consisted of the best Lviv musicians, Jewish prisoners of the camp, some of whom were famous within Europe or even world-famous. The violinist, composer, conductor Jacob Mund, who before the war held the position of musical director of city theaters, was appointed the head of the orchestra.[2] Among the orchestra musicians Josef German, violinist Leonid Stricks, and cellist Leon Eber. During "selections and actions," the orchestra performed a tango "Todestango" [Tango of Death]...composed by Yakub Munt (sp?), former director of the Lvov opera. The music was based on an earlier work by Eduardo Bianco."[3]
During
Shortly before the
Subsequently, a sonderkommando was formed, which was engaged in concealing the crimes of the nazis.
References
- ^ a b c d Pahiria, Oleksandr (2018-12-21). "Original text in Ukrainian language". In Bejger, Peter (ed.). The Janowska concentration camp: What we know and don't know. Translated from the Ukrainian by Marta D. Olynyk. UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Львов и Вторая мировая война. Часть 1".
- ^ a b "Members of the orchestra at the Janowska concentration camp perform while standing in a circle around the conductor, Yacub Mund, in the Appelplatz [roll call area]. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
Further reading
- Haan, Willem de (2023). Tango of death : the creation of a Holocaust legend. Jews, Judaism, and the Arts, Volume 3. Leiden, Boston: Brill. OCLC 1341211283.
- Hnatiuk, Ola (2019). "Chapter 6. Ukrainian Hamlet". Courage and Fear. Ukrainian Studies. Translated by Ewa Siwak. Boston: Academic Studies Press. pp. 301–398. ISBN 978-1-64469-252-3.
- "Janowska Forced Labor Camp - Industry of Terror - Каталог про виставку "Табір примусових робіт "Янівська" – індустрія терору". Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. Retrieved 2023-01-10 – via Issuu.