Moja Brama is Kulisiewicz's reminder of the sadistic “sporting competitions” held at Sachsenhausen. During these sessions, SS-men commanded prisoners to perform the so-called “Indian Dance,” forcing inmates to quickly and repeatedly raise their arms, stare at the sky, twist their bodies, drop to the ground, and stand up again. Many prisoners became dizzy or ill or fell exhausted after such “exercise.” Kulisiewicz's coping mechanism was to focus on the camp gate, much as a ballet dancer might spot a distant object to remain balanced while turning. The image of the gate burned into Kulisiewicz's consciousness, and remained among his most indelible impressions of camp life.

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Concentration Camp Songs

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• Dachau Song
  
• Stand Fast (Forward, You Witnesses)
  

Music of Protest

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• A Child of Our Time
  

Written in Hiding

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Partisan Songs

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Ghetto Songs

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Roma (Gypsies)

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Songs of Jewish Displaced Persons

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• Ben Stonehill
  
• We Long for a Home
  

Music in Theresienstadt

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Individuals

• Aleksander Kulisiewicz
  
• Joseph Wulf
  
• Jankiel Herszkowicz