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

• Superior document: Jews, Judaism, and the arts ; volume 3
• VerfasserIn: Haan, Willem de,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ; Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Jews, Judaism, and the arts ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 pages).

"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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- 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 -- 2 Music in the 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 -- Literature -- Subject Index -- Name Index.