Not only was the suicide rate very high. as you have implied the musicians were also under constant death-threads. e.g. Alma Rose (head of the womans-orchestra) was murdered '44 by Mengele. Many of the wind-section died of pulmonary-deseases due to the permanent forced performance.
Also the situations in the different camps were very heterogenous. as far as I know there was an orchestra in a camp in yugoslavia, in wich all of the orchestra-members were executed every 30 days...one by one... taken outside and shot while the remanining had to keep playing until it was their turn.
"Judea Declares War on Germany. Jews of All the World Unite!'- March 24, 1933 Headline, London Daily times
"We Jews are going to bring a war on Germany" - David A. Brown, National Chairman, United Jewish Campaign, 1934 Quoted in "I Testify Against The Jews"
"We have been at the bottom of not merely the latest Great War, but of every other major revolution in your history.' -Marclis Eli Ravage, Jewish Writer, Century Magazine Feb, 1926
Fucking hell this was hardcore evil
jenwasverydrunk 1 week ago
Not only was the suicide rate very high. as you have implied the musicians were also under constant death-threads. e.g. Alma Rose (head of the womans-orchestra) was murdered '44 by Mengele. Many of the wind-section died of pulmonary-deseases due to the permanent forced performance.
Kuestenkind 3 weeks ago
Also the situations in the different camps were very heterogenous. as far as I know there was an orchestra in a camp in yugoslavia, in wich all of the orchestra-members were executed every 30 days...one by one... taken outside and shot while the remanining had to keep playing until it was their turn.
Kuestenkind 3 weeks ago
at 2:01 they even had pijamas
vocam12 1 month ago
Almost 11 million died? Holy shit, what?
SayNoToTheism 4 months ago
"Judea Declares War on Germany. Jews of All the World Unite!'- March 24, 1933 Headline, London Daily times
"We Jews are going to bring a war on Germany" - David A. Brown, National Chairman, United Jewish Campaign, 1934 Quoted in "I Testify Against The Jews"
"We have been at the bottom of not merely the latest Great War, but of every other major revolution in your history.' -Marclis Eli Ravage, Jewish Writer, Century Magazine Feb, 1926
StSimonMartyr 1 month ago
@StSimonMartyr nice ;D
SayNoToTheism 1 month ago