Poetry and songs relating to German and Stalinist camps
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Roman Kaminsky
Archival History
Roman Kaminsky
Acquisition
The songs and poems were compiled by Roman Kaminsky during the years since his emigration to the United States from the Soviet Union. The original materials were written in Yiddish and later translated to Russian by Roman Kaminsky. They were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 1988.
Scope and Content
Consists of poetry and songs in Russian relating to German and Stalinist camps from the 1930s to the 1950s. The individual songs and poems were written by camp survivors in Yiddish. In the 1980s they were compiled and translated to Russian by Roman Kaminsky. The compilation includes personal accounts of eight Holocaust survivors which describe what role music and poetry played in their daily life and their struggle for survival. Also included are survivor accounts of life in Treblinka, Majdanek, and other death camps.
System of Arrangement
Arrangment is thematic
People
- Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942.
- Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Przemyśl.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry.
Genre
- Songs.
- Personal narratives.
- Document
- Music.