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 t...

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.