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Ballads and Broadsides: Songs from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp 1940-1945 Ballads and Broadsides: Songs from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp 1940-1945
Composed and performed by Aleksander Kulisiewicz
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Aleksander Kulisiewicz was a student in German-occupied Poland in October 1939 when the Gestapo arrested him for antifascist writings and sent him to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. A talented performer and songwriter, he composed 54 songs during five years of imprisonment, presenting them at secret gatherings to help inmates cope with despair and sustain hope of survival.

Originally recorded on reel-to-reel tapes after the war, the historic recordings on this CD were selected from the Kulisiewicz Collection held by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. They offer a representative sample of Kulisiewicz’s extraordinary artistic output and a sense of his personal response to the realities of life in a Nazi concentration camp. The accompanying 60-page booklet includes original Polish texts, English translations, an introductory essay, and scholarly commentary.

Compact Disc
Includes 60-page booklet with lyrics and annotations
20 tracks, total time 54:19
Published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ISBN: 978-0-89604-713-6
Call no: CD-355

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TRACK LISTING
1. Muzulman – Kippensammler (Muselmann – Butt Collector) [4:13]
2. Mister C [4:13]
3. Krakowiaczek 1940 [3:18]
4. Repeta! (Second Helping!) [1:14]
5. Piosenka niezapomniana (Unforgettable Song) [2:30]
6. Erika [2:14]
7. Germania! [3:07]
8. Olza [4:24]
9. Czarny Böhm (Black Böhm) [2:00]
10. Maminsynek w koncentraku (Mama’s Boy in a Concentration Camp) [2:49]
11. Heil, Sachsenhausen! [2:29]
12. Pożegnanie Adolfa ze światem (Adolf's Farewell to the World) [5:04]
13. Tango truponoszów (Corpse-Carrier's Tango) [3:28]
14. Sen o pokoju (Dream about Peace) [3:25]
15. Dicke Luft! (Thick Air!) [1:39]
16. Zimno, panie! (It’s Cold, Sir!) [1:20]
17. Moja brama (My Gate) [1:28]
18. Pieśń o Wandzie z Ravensbrücku (Song about Wanda from Ravensbrück) [3:47]
19. Czterdziestu czterech (Forty-four) [1:41]
20. Wielka wygrana! (Big Win!) [2:09]