Eric S. Marmorek collection

Identifier
irn502370
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0087
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502370

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was mailed to the Museum in Feb. 1997 by Eric Marmorek and William Federer; the Museum Musicologist, Bret Werb, transferred it to the Archives in Mar. 1997. The location of the original score is not stated in the correspondence.

Scope and Content

Contains a copy of the music score of "Buchenwaelder Marsch," composed by Hermann Leopoldi, with a handwritten dedication to Dr. Gerhardt Wollner, dated 1939, saying the score is "my last composition in Vienna;" typed copies of the lyrics in German and English; a letter of release, in German with English translation, dated January 27, 1939, stating that from June 3, 1938, to January 27, 1939, Erich Marmorek had been retained in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps and was now released to Vienna; and a sound cassette recording of the march sung in German by William Federer, a Dachau concentration camp survivor.

People

  • Leopoldi, Hermann, 1888-1959.

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.