Germania!
Wojenko, wojenko malowana,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/27 - 14:14
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Erika
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Karel Vacek (“U našich kasáren”, 1937)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Karel Vacek (“U našich kasáren”, 1937)
“Erika actually existed,” Kulisiewicz wrote. The teenage daughter of a high-ranking SS officer, “she stood near the camp grounds in her crisply-ironed Bund Deutscher Mädel uniform and watched, without expression, as we prisoners returned from our work details carrying the bodies of our dead.” But the song “Erika” is less about a real-life girl than the fantasies of sex and vengeance she unknowingly provoked in Kulisiewicz and his comrades. Kulisiewicz borrowed his melody from a popular Czech marching song. The final, repeated line of “Erika,” however, mockingly parodies a favorite Nazi song of the same name by Germany’s “March King,” Herms Niel.
“Erika esisteva davvero”, scrisse Kulisiewicz.... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Karel Vacek (“U našich kasáren”, 1937)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Karel Vacek (“U našich kasáren”, 1937)
“Erika actually existed,” Kulisiewicz wrote. The teenage daughter of a high-ranking SS officer, “she stood near the camp grounds in her crisply-ironed Bund Deutscher Mädel uniform and watched, without expression, as we prisoners returned from our work details carrying the bodies of our dead.” But the song “Erika” is less about a real-life girl than the fantasies of sex and vengeance she unknowingly provoked in Kulisiewicz and his comrades. Kulisiewicz borrowed his melody from a popular Czech marching song. The final, repeated line of “Erika,” however, mockingly parodies a favorite Nazi song of the same name by Germany’s “March King,” Herms Niel.
“Erika esisteva davvero”, scrisse Kulisiewicz.... (Continues)
Brlą pą pą, brlą pą pą,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/26 - 20:30
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
English translation from the Album booklet
ERIKA
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/26 - 23:39
Piosenka niezapomniana
Sachsenhausen, 1941.
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Juliusz Krzemieński (“Piosenka nieaktualna,” 1934)
(Cantata da Mieczysław Fogg)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Juliusz Krzemieński (“Piosenka nieaktualna”, 1934)
(Performed by Mieczysław Fogg)
On September 1, 1940, to mark the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war, the prisoners of Cell Block 65 organized an evening’s entertainment during which Kulisiewicz performed the prewar hit “Piosenka nieaktualna” (Old-fashioned Song). Hearing this sentimental ballad about a once-popular song caused some prisoners to be overwhelmed with nostalgia. This prompted Kulisiewicz to write a rather more optimistic text, one proclaiming a message of resistance through song.
Il 1° settembre 1940, per segnare il primo anniversario dello scoppio della guerra, i prigionieri del Blocco 65 organizzarono uno spettacolo... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Juliusz Krzemieński (“Piosenka nieaktualna,” 1934)
(Cantata da Mieczysław Fogg)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Juliusz Krzemieński (“Piosenka nieaktualna”, 1934)
(Performed by Mieczysław Fogg)
On September 1, 1940, to mark the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war, the prisoners of Cell Block 65 organized an evening’s entertainment during which Kulisiewicz performed the prewar hit “Piosenka nieaktualna” (Old-fashioned Song). Hearing this sentimental ballad about a once-popular song caused some prisoners to be overwhelmed with nostalgia. This prompted Kulisiewicz to write a rather more optimistic text, one proclaiming a message of resistance through song.
Il 1° settembre 1940, per segnare il primo anniversario dello scoppio della guerra, i prigionieri del Blocco 65 organizzarono uno spettacolo... (Continues)
Wiatr za drutami szepce do snu:
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/24 - 17:13
English translation from the Album booklet
UNFORGETTABLE SONG
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/24 - 17:23
MIECZYSŁAW FOGG
La Piosenka nieaktualna, del 1934, sulla quale si basa questa canzone di Kulisiewicz scritta nel lager di Sachsenhausen, fu uno dei grandi successi d'anteguerra di Mieczysław Fogg. Mieczysław Fogg è stato uno dei più grandi cantanti e compositori polacchi di musica leggera, noto in mezzo mondo; e crediamo che, per svariati motivi, una sua breve biografia non sia fuori luogo in questa pagina. Tutt'altro, come vedremo meglio.
Mieczysław Fogiel era un varsaviese DOC, essendo nato nella capitale polacca (allora nell'Impero Russo) il 30 maggio 1901. Nel 1922, dopo la maturità liceale, andò a lavorare come ferroviere; allo stesso tempo, nelle ore libere cantava nella Corale della chiesa di Sant'Anna a Varsavia. Un amico, Ludwik Sempoliński, lo fece entrare al corso musicale tenuto da Jan Łysakowski, Eugeniusz Mossakowski, Wacław Brzeziński, Ignacy Dygas e altri musicisti di spicco... (Continues)
La Piosenka nieaktualna, del 1934, sulla quale si basa questa canzone di Kulisiewicz scritta nel lager di Sachsenhausen, fu uno dei grandi successi d'anteguerra di Mieczysław Fogg. Mieczysław Fogg è stato uno dei più grandi cantanti e compositori polacchi di musica leggera, noto in mezzo mondo; e crediamo che, per svariati motivi, una sua breve biografia non sia fuori luogo in questa pagina. Tutt'altro, come vedremo meglio.
Mieczysław Fogiel era un varsaviese DOC, essendo nato nella capitale polacca (allora nell'Impero Russo) il 30 maggio 1901. Nel 1922, dopo la maturità liceale, andò a lavorare come ferroviere; allo stesso tempo, nelle ore libere cantava nella Corale della chiesa di Sant'Anna a Varsavia. Un amico, Ludwik Sempoliński, lo fece entrare al corso musicale tenuto da Jan Łysakowski, Eugeniusz Mossakowski, Wacław Brzeziński, Ignacy Dygas e altri musicisti di spicco... (Continues)
Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/25 - 15:40
Krakowiaczek 1940
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Polish Folksong (unidentified)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Canzone popolare polacca (non identificata)
Kulisiewicz generally names the older melodies on which he based his new creations. “Krakowiaczek 1940” is among the exceptions. The melody—introduced in the recording by some virtuoso whistling—is identified only as a folksong. Krakowiaczek literally means little Krakowiak, the emblematic folk song and dance of the Krakow region. But the diminutive form also expresses affection, proclaiming Kulisiewicz’s love for his vanquished native city. The song also honors Dr. Jan Miodoński, a medical professor arrested November 6, 1939, during the Sonderaktion Krakau, the Nazi attempt to crush Polish intellectual life by imprisoning or killing instructors at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University. Deported to... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Polish Folksong (unidentified)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Canzone popolare polacca (non identificata)
Kulisiewicz generally names the older melodies on which he based his new creations. “Krakowiaczek 1940” is among the exceptions. The melody—introduced in the recording by some virtuoso whistling—is identified only as a folksong. Krakowiaczek literally means little Krakowiak, the emblematic folk song and dance of the Krakow region. But the diminutive form also expresses affection, proclaiming Kulisiewicz’s love for his vanquished native city. The song also honors Dr. Jan Miodoński, a medical professor arrested November 6, 1939, during the Sonderaktion Krakau, the Nazi attempt to crush Polish intellectual life by imprisoning or killing instructors at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University. Deported to... (Continues)
Krakowie, Krakowie,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/21 - 19:26
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
English translation from the Album booklet
KRAKOWIACZEK 1940
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Ryszard Węturysiewicz 2014/3/21 - 19:49
Repeta!
Sachsenhausen, 1941.
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Anonymous (“Precz, precz od nas smutek wszelki!” 1824)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Anonimo (“Precz, precz od nas smutek wszelki!”, 1824)
Kulisiewicz recalled that mealtimes at Sachsenhausen offered camp Kapos (inmate overseers) a special opportunity to torment their fellow prisoners. “Second Helping” may present a typical scenario: a starving prisoner’s meager and revolting food ration is served up with beatings by the kitchen steward. Kulisiewicz wrote this while he was quarantined with typhus, remarking how popular it became. Performed with guitar accompaniment, the song would end with a so-called “Parade March”—a burlesque promenade around an imaginary cauldron of rotten-turnip soup.
Kulisiewicz modeled “Repeta” after a Polish students’ song about food, drink, and merriment, “Precz, precz od... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Anonymous (“Precz, precz od nas smutek wszelki!” 1824)
Sachsenhausen, 1941
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Anonimo (“Precz, precz od nas smutek wszelki!”, 1824)
Kulisiewicz recalled that mealtimes at Sachsenhausen offered camp Kapos (inmate overseers) a special opportunity to torment their fellow prisoners. “Second Helping” may present a typical scenario: a starving prisoner’s meager and revolting food ration is served up with beatings by the kitchen steward. Kulisiewicz wrote this while he was quarantined with typhus, remarking how popular it became. Performed with guitar accompaniment, the song would end with a so-called “Parade March”—a burlesque promenade around an imaginary cauldron of rotten-turnip soup.
Kulisiewicz modeled “Repeta” after a Polish students’ song about food, drink, and merriment, “Precz, precz od... (Continues)
Stoi Häftling przy repecie,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/21 - 20:31
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
English translation from the Album booklet
SECOND HELPING!
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/3/21 - 20:40
21 marzo 2014
RAZIONE SUPPLEMENTARE
(Continues)
(Continues)
Chorał z piekła dna
Traduzione tedesca reperita su Kazett - Lyrik, una ricerca del 2001 condotta da Sophie Luise Bauer.
In tedesco nel disco di AA. VV. dedicato ad Alexander Kulisiewicz e intitolato “Lieder aus der Hölle”
CHORAL AUS DER TIEFE DER HÖLLE
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2014/2/13 - 14:36
Der Gekreuzigte 1944
[1944]
Scritta da Alexander Kulisiewicz nel lager di Sachsenhausen
Originariamente in polacco, con il titolo “Ukrzyżowany 1944” (che non sono riuscito a reperire in Rete), l’autore ne compose anche una versione in francese, “Le crucifié”, firmandosi con lo pseudonimo di Alex Alicouli, dalle prime sillabe del suo nome e cognome.
Siccome nemmeno la versione in francese sono riuscito a trovare, contribuisco per il momento la traduzione tedesca reperita su Kazett - Lyrik, una ricerca del 2001 condotta da Sophie Luise Bauer.
In tedesco nel disco di AA. VV. dedicato ad Alexander Kulisiewicz e intitolato “Lieder aus der Hölle”
Scritta da Alexander Kulisiewicz nel lager di Sachsenhausen
Originariamente in polacco, con il titolo “Ukrzyżowany 1944” (che non sono riuscito a reperire in Rete), l’autore ne compose anche una versione in francese, “Le crucifié”, firmandosi con lo pseudonimo di Alex Alicouli, dalle prime sillabe del suo nome e cognome.
Siccome nemmeno la versione in francese sono riuscito a trovare, contribuisco per il momento la traduzione tedesca reperita su Kazett - Lyrik, una ricerca del 2001 condotta da Sophie Luise Bauer.
In tedesco nel disco di AA. VV. dedicato ad Alexander Kulisiewicz e intitolato “Lieder aus der Hölle”
Sie kreuzigten Menschen Söhnchen!
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2014/2/13 - 12:27
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Konzentrak
Traduzione tedesca trovata su Kazett - Lyrik, una ricerca del 2001 condotta da Sophie Luise Bauer.
Kazett sta per Konzentrationslager, KZ, "K = ka" e "Z = zett"
Nel disco di AA. VV. dedicato ad Alexander Kulisiewicz e intitolato “Lieder aus der Hölle”
Nel disco di AA. VV. dedicato ad Alexander Kulisiewicz e intitolato “Lieder aus der Hölle”
DAS KAZETT
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2014/2/13 - 12:00
Mister C
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Henryk Wars ("Czarny Jim", 1939)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Henryk Wars ("Czarny Jim", 1939)
“Mister C” is Winston Churchill, the cigar-chomping British Prime Minister who, between the fall of France and the United States’ entry into World War II, personified captive Europe’s last hope for defeating the Germans. Written after news reached Sachsenhausen of the demoralizing Allied retreat from Dunkirk in northern France, “Mister C” debuted at a secret gathering in Cell Block 3 where, Kulisiewicz recalls, “the most biting and obscene antifascist satires were performed in several languages.” Certain lines of “Mister C” are purposely obscure. “Isle of Rugia”—the German Baltic island Rügen evokes an ancient borderland clash between Slavic and Germanic groups. “Eastern wind” hints at the prisoners’ hoped-for... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Henryk Wars ("Czarny Jim", 1939)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Henryk Wars ("Czarny Jim", 1939)
“Mister C” is Winston Churchill, the cigar-chomping British Prime Minister who, between the fall of France and the United States’ entry into World War II, personified captive Europe’s last hope for defeating the Germans. Written after news reached Sachsenhausen of the demoralizing Allied retreat from Dunkirk in northern France, “Mister C” debuted at a secret gathering in Cell Block 3 where, Kulisiewicz recalls, “the most biting and obscene antifascist satires were performed in several languages.” Certain lines of “Mister C” are purposely obscure. “Isle of Rugia”—the German Baltic island Rügen evokes an ancient borderland clash between Slavic and Germanic groups. “Eastern wind” hints at the prisoners’ hoped-for... (Continues)
Roczek wtóry, mój ty Boże,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/2/4 - 17:40
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
English translation from the Album booklet
MISTER C
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/2/4 - 18:04
Muzulman-Kippensammler
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Menashe Oppenheim (“Zulejka,” 1936)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Menashe Oppenheim ("Zulejka", 1936)
Kippenstecher (Kippensammler; cigarette-buttcollector), by Wiktor Simiński, postwar. Center figure: “Apparently: Arbeit macht Frei (Work makes you free)? Oh, splendid! We do it!!!” Inset on left: “Free Trade”: Prisoner on left: “Give me bread”; Prisoner on right: “Give me cigarettes.” Inset on right: “Cigarette Manufacture.” USHMM, Kulisiewicz Collection.
”Kippenstecher” (o “Kippensammler”: ciccaiolo, raccoglitore di cicche), di Wiktor Simiński. La figura al centro dice: “Dicono che 'Arbeit macht frei'? Meraviglioso! Noi lo facciamo!!!” Didascalia a sinistra: “Libero commercio”. Il prigioniero a sinistra: “Dammi del pane”; quello a destra: “Dammi delle sigarette”. Didascalia a destra: “Fabbrica... (Continues)
Lyrics: Aleskander Kulisiewicz
Music: Menashe Oppenheim (“Zulejka,” 1936)
Sachsenhausen, 1940
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Menashe Oppenheim ("Zulejka", 1936)
Kippenstecher (Kippensammler; cigarette-buttcollector), by Wiktor Simiński, postwar. Center figure: “Apparently: Arbeit macht Frei (Work makes you free)? Oh, splendid! We do it!!!” Inset on left: “Free Trade”: Prisoner on left: “Give me bread”; Prisoner on right: “Give me cigarettes.” Inset on right: “Cigarette Manufacture.” USHMM, Kulisiewicz Collection.
”Kippenstecher” (o “Kippensammler”: ciccaiolo, raccoglitore di cicche), di Wiktor Simiński. La figura al centro dice: “Dicono che 'Arbeit macht frei'? Meraviglioso! Noi lo facciamo!!!” Didascalia a sinistra: “Libero commercio”. Il prigioniero a sinistra: “Dammi del pane”; quello a destra: “Dammi delle sigarette”. Didascalia a destra: “Fabbrica... (Continues)
Laszek jestem ja poganin,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/1/30 - 11:28
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Muselmann - Butt Collector
La versione inglese dal Libretto dell'album
English translation from the Album booklet
La versione inglese dal Libretto dell'album
English translation from the Album booklet
MUSELMANN - BUTT COLLECTOR
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/1/30 - 11:56
Maminsynek w koncentraku
Figlio di mamma in KZ
La versione italiana da "La musica dell'altra Italia"
La traduzione è probabilmente di Leoncarlo Settimelli.
Da quanto si apprende nel libretto dell'album, la traduzione in italiano di questa canzone è dovuta con tutta probabilità alla stessa presenza di Kulisiewicz in Italia. Nel 1965 fu invitato a cantare al festival "Le Musiche della Resistenza"; i fascisti collocarono una bomba, che fu disinnescata appena in tempo.
Come specificato nella ”Storia di una pagina”, per circa dieci anni questa traduzione italiana (assieme alla derivata versione francese di Marco Valdo M.I.) è stata l'unica testimonianza di questa canzone presente nel sito; la lasciamo quindi così com'è. Si deve però avvertire che contiene alcune imprecisioni di cui si dà conto:
1. I Volksdeutscher sono in realtà Volksdeutsche;
2. Haftling si scrive in realtà Häftling (“prigioniero”, “internato” in... (Continues)
La versione italiana da "La musica dell'altra Italia"
La traduzione è probabilmente di Leoncarlo Settimelli.
Da quanto si apprende nel libretto dell'album, la traduzione in italiano di questa canzone è dovuta con tutta probabilità alla stessa presenza di Kulisiewicz in Italia. Nel 1965 fu invitato a cantare al festival "Le Musiche della Resistenza"; i fascisti collocarono una bomba, che fu disinnescata appena in tempo.
Come specificato nella ”Storia di una pagina”, per circa dieci anni questa traduzione italiana (assieme alla derivata versione francese di Marco Valdo M.I.) è stata l'unica testimonianza di questa canzone presente nel sito; la lasciamo quindi così com'è. Si deve però avvertire che contiene alcune imprecisioni di cui si dà conto:
1. I Volksdeutscher sono in realtà Volksdeutsche;
2. Haftling si scrive in realtà Häftling (“prigioniero”, “internato” in... (Continues)
FIGLIO DI MAMMA IN KZ
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/1/30 - 00:28
Mama's Boy in a Concentration Camp
La versione inglese dal Libretto dell'album
English translation from the Album booklet
La versione inglese dal Libretto dell'album
English translation from the Album booklet
MAMA'S BOY IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2014/1/30 - 01:35
Holocaust Cantata: Songs From the Camps
[1999]
Cantata per coro misto (S.A.T.B), pianoforte e violoncello
Testi di canti e letture tratti in gran parte dall’archivio musicale “Aleksander Kulisiewicz” dell’United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) di Washington, tradotti in inglese a cura di Marcin Zmudzki e Denny Clark. [Riporto solo le parti cantate perché non ho trovato le parti recitate complete, ndr]
Cantata per coro misto (S.A.T.B), pianoforte e violoncello
Testi di canti e letture tratti in gran parte dall’archivio musicale “Aleksander Kulisiewicz” dell’United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) di Washington, tradotti in inglese a cura di Marcin Zmudzki e Denny Clark. [Riporto solo le parti cantate perché non ho trovato le parti recitate complete, ndr]
1. The Prisoner Rises
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Bartleby 2011/11/21 - 13:36
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Siekiera, motyka
[1942]
Canzone di autore anonimo, divenuta subito molto popolare tra i partigiani operanti nei dintorni di Varsavia.
Pubblicata nel 1943 su “Posłuchajcie ludzie...” [Ascoltate, gente], uno dei tanti fogli fatti circolare clandestinamente dalla resistenza e dall’Armia Krajowa polacche.
Testo trovato sul libretto del disco di Kulisiewicz intitolato “Sadly Whisper the Leaves of the Willow: Polish Partisan and Folk Songs”, edito dalla Folkways records nel 1980.
Il termine polacco “łapanka”, nella prima strofa, designa la pratica dei continui rastrellamenti di cui si avvalevano le forze di occupazione naziste per seminare il terrore tra la popolazione civile (quindi, più che con “lock-up”, in inglese sarebbe da tradurre con “roundup”).
Per quanto tempo ancora i cani tedeschi andranno in giro a caccia di esseri umani?
Ma già spira un altro vento, un vento che porta buone notizie: la resistenza... (Continues)
Canzone di autore anonimo, divenuta subito molto popolare tra i partigiani operanti nei dintorni di Varsavia.
Pubblicata nel 1943 su “Posłuchajcie ludzie...” [Ascoltate, gente], uno dei tanti fogli fatti circolare clandestinamente dalla resistenza e dall’Armia Krajowa polacche.
Testo trovato sul libretto del disco di Kulisiewicz intitolato “Sadly Whisper the Leaves of the Willow: Polish Partisan and Folk Songs”, edito dalla Folkways records nel 1980.
Il termine polacco “łapanka”, nella prima strofa, designa la pratica dei continui rastrellamenti di cui si avvalevano le forze di occupazione naziste per seminare il terrore tra la popolazione civile (quindi, più che con “lock-up”, in inglese sarebbe da tradurre con “roundup”).
Per quanto tempo ancora i cani tedeschi andranno in giro a caccia di esseri umani?
Ma già spira un altro vento, un vento che porta buone notizie: la resistenza... (Continues)
Siekiera, motyka, bimbru szklanka,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Bartleby 2011/3/28 - 13:35
Bergen-Belsen moje
[1945]
Musica: Melodia popolare slovacca
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Slovakian folk melody
Words: Unknown prisoner
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well... (Continues)
Musica: Melodia popolare slovacca
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Slovakian folk melody
Words: Unknown prisoner
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well... (Continues)
Cóżem ci zawinił?
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/26 - 18:24
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
BERGEN-BELSEN
Il campo di Bergen-Belsen (o comunemente Belsen) era un campo di concentramento nazista situato nella bassa Sassonia, a sud-est della città di Bergen, vicino a Celle. Tra il 1943 e il 1945 si stima che circa 50 000 persone morirono nel campo, di cui oltre 35 000 di tifo nei primi cinque mesi del 1945.
Il campo di Bergen-Belsen fu aperto per la prima volta nel 1940 come campo per prigionieri di guerra con il nome STALAG XI-C. Fino alla primavera del 1942 circa 18 000 soldati sovietici morirono di fame, freddo e malattie.
Dal 1942 fu utilizzato come campo di concentramento passando sotto il comando delle SS nell’aprile 1943.
Inizialmente campo di detenzione, Aufenthaltslager, da marzo 1944 parte del campo fu designata a ricovero per i prigionieri che arrivavano malati dagli altri campi Erholungslager.
Ad agosto del 1944 circa 8 000 donne prigioniere di diverse nazionalità... (Continues)
Il campo di Bergen-Belsen (o comunemente Belsen) era un campo di concentramento nazista situato nella bassa Sassonia, a sud-est della città di Bergen, vicino a Celle. Tra il 1943 e il 1945 si stima che circa 50 000 persone morirono nel campo, di cui oltre 35 000 di tifo nei primi cinque mesi del 1945.
Il campo di Bergen-Belsen fu aperto per la prima volta nel 1940 come campo per prigionieri di guerra con il nome STALAG XI-C. Fino alla primavera del 1942 circa 18 000 soldati sovietici morirono di fame, freddo e malattie.
Dal 1942 fu utilizzato come campo di concentramento passando sotto il comando delle SS nell’aprile 1943.
Inizialmente campo di detenzione, Aufenthaltslager, da marzo 1944 parte del campo fu designata a ricovero per i prigionieri che arrivavano malati dagli altri campi Erholungslager.
Ad agosto del 1944 circa 8 000 donne prigioniere di diverse nazionalità... (Continues)
CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/26 - 19:07
Lichtenburger Lagerlied
[?]
Musica: Autore sconosciuto
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Unknown
Words: Unknown prisoner
Avvertenza: Questa è l'ultima canzone dell'album.
Notice: This is the last song of the album.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment... (Continues)
Musica: Autore sconosciuto
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Unknown
Words: Unknown prisoner
Avvertenza: Questa è l'ultima canzone dell'album.
Notice: This is the last song of the album.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment... (Continues)
Lichtenburger Lager
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/27 - 10:27
By including the last song, the transcription of what is maybe the most important album of songs originating from Nazist camps: Songs from the Depths of Hell, recorded by Aleksander Kulisiewicz (a survivor of German extermination camps) has come to an end. All this in the Day of Memory of January 27, never to forget any extermination, any past and current genocide.
Riccardo Venturi 2009/1/27 - 10:56
Heil, Sachsenhausen!
[?]
Musica: Sull'aria di “Heh, Madagascar!”, canzone yiddish
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: To the tune of “Heh, Madagascar!”, Yiddish hit tune
Words: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen.... (Continues)
Musica: Sull'aria di “Heh, Madagascar!”, canzone yiddish
Testo: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: To the tune of “Heh, Madagascar!”, Yiddish hit tune
Words: Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen.... (Continues)
Jestem sobie na wpół dziki
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/26 - 22:14
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Im Walde von Sachsenhausen
[1936 / 1942]
Musica: Melodia popolare russa
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Russian folk melody
Words: Unknown Karpińska
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well... (Continues)
Musica: Melodia popolare russa
Testo: Prigioniero sconosciuto
Music: Russian folk melody
Words: Unknown Karpińska
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well... (Continues)
Im Walde von Sachsenhausen
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/24 - 23:39
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Stoi nocka
[1943]
Musica: Melodia popolare polacca
Testo: Zofia Karpińska
Music: Polish folk melody
Words: Zofia Karpińska
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well as those learned... (Continues)
Musica: Melodia popolare polacca
Testo: Zofia Karpińska
Music: Polish folk melody
Words: Zofia Karpińska
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation he remembered his songs, as well as those learned... (Continues)
Stoi nocka, czas ucieka, kwitną bzy
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/24 - 16:52
Song Itineraries:
Extermination camps
Graue Kolonnen
Versione inglese dal libretto dell'album
GREY COLUMNS
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by CCG/AWS Staff 2009/1/23 - 08:26
Dziesięć milionów
Version italienne – Dieci Millioni – Riccardo Venturi
d'une chanson en polonais d'Alex Kulisiewicz, elle-même traduite en anglais.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) (dit Alex) était étudiant en droit dans la partie de la Pologne occupée par les Allemands quand, en octobre 1939, il fut dénoncé pour des écrits anti-fascistes, arrêté par la Gestapo et envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen, près de Berlin. Chanteur amateur et chantauteur, Aleksander Kulisiewicz composa 54 chansons durant les près de six ans de son emprisonnement à Sachsenhausen. Après la libération, il se remémora ces chansons ainsi que celles apprises de camarades prisonniers, dictant des centaines de pages de textes à son infirmière polonaise.
Cette chanson fut écrite comme un hymne clandestin des camps de concentration vers la fin de 1944. Ni le camp où il fut écrit, ni l'auteur ne sont connus. À ce moment, il y avait bien plus de dix millions de personnes : hommes, femmes et enfants dans les camps en Europe.
d'une chanson en polonais d'Alex Kulisiewicz, elle-même traduite en anglais.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) (dit Alex) était étudiant en droit dans la partie de la Pologne occupée par les Allemands quand, en octobre 1939, il fut dénoncé pour des écrits anti-fascistes, arrêté par la Gestapo et envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen, près de Berlin. Chanteur amateur et chantauteur, Aleksander Kulisiewicz composa 54 chansons durant les près de six ans de son emprisonnement à Sachsenhausen. Après la libération, il se remémora ces chansons ainsi que celles apprises de camarades prisonniers, dictant des centaines de pages de textes à son infirmière polonaise.
Cette chanson fut écrite comme un hymne clandestin des camps de concentration vers la fin de 1944. Ni le camp où il fut écrit, ni l'auteur ne sont connus. À ce moment, il y avait bien plus de dix millions de personnes : hommes, femmes et enfants dans les camps en Europe.
DIX MILLIONS
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2009/1/20 - 17:48
Hymne
[1944]
Musica: Rudi Goguel / Hanns Eisler
Music: Rudi Goguel / Hanns Eisler
Lyrics / Testo: Johann Esser/Wolfgang Langhoff, Aleksander Kulisiewicz, Maria Montuoro
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation... (Continues)
Musica: Rudi Goguel / Hanns Eisler
Music: Rudi Goguel / Hanns Eisler
Lyrics / Testo: Johann Esser/Wolfgang Langhoff, Aleksander Kulisiewicz, Maria Montuoro
Aleksander Kulisiewicz: Songs From The Depths Of Hell
Folkways Records Album N° FSS 37700 (1979)
PDF Booklet Available
Annotated by Peter Wortsman
La copertina dell'album, ispirata a questa canzone, è di Gertrude Degenhardt, moglie di Franz-Josef Degenhardt.
The album cover, inspired by this song, is by Gertrude Degenhardt, Franz-Josef Degenhardt's wife.
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982) was a law student in German-occupied Poland when, in October 1939, he was denounced for anti-fascist writings, arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin. An amateur singer and songwriter, Kulisiewicz composed 54 songs during nearly six years of imprisonment at Sachsenhausen. After liberation... (Continues)
Wohin auch das Auge blicket
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2009/1/16 - 03:04
Das Todestango
Versione inglese dal libretto dell'album
In parte si tratta di una riscrittura del testo originale; ad esempio, la frase finale Death's a friend, seppure terribilmente suggestiva, non si trova affatto nel testo originale tedesco. [RV]
THE DEATHTANGO
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2009/1/16 - 02:21
Konzentrak
à partir de la version italienne de Riccardo Venturi.
D'une chanson polonaise d'Aleksander Kulisiewicz – 1942
Dans les camps de concentration nazis, de nombreux aristocrates, des généraux, des évêques et de hauts représentants des églises et des états se trouvèrent parmi les prisonniers. La satire a été écrite en 1942 au camp de Sachsenhausen (nord de Berlin). La chanson fut présentée au cours d'une rencontre clandestine à laquelle des personnes antérieurement éminentes (à ce moment, comme les autres prisonniers, habillés de la veste de prisonnier) furent invités – parmi elles le général hollandais Eugen van Strick.
D'une chanson polonaise d'Aleksander Kulisiewicz – 1942
Dans les camps de concentration nazis, de nombreux aristocrates, des généraux, des évêques et de hauts représentants des églises et des états se trouvèrent parmi les prisonniers. La satire a été écrite en 1942 au camp de Sachsenhausen (nord de Berlin). La chanson fut présentée au cours d'une rencontre clandestine à laquelle des personnes antérieurement éminentes (à ce moment, comme les autres prisonniers, habillés de la veste de prisonnier) furent invités – parmi elles le général hollandais Eugen van Strick.
LE CAMP
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2009/1/16 - 21:24
Szymon Ohm
Version française – Simon Ohm – Marco Valdo M.I. – 2009
à partir de la version italienne de Riccardo Venturi.
Chanson polonaise - Szymon Ohm - Aleksander Kulisiewicz
À la fin de 1939, Leszek N. (nom inconnu), le fils d'un riche fabricant varsovien, qui avant la guerre détestait les Juifs, tombe amoureux d'une jeune fille juive prénommée Rachel, du quartier le plus pauvre de Varsovie, Nalewki. Quand en 1940, tous les Juifs furent regroupés et confinés dans le ghetto, le jeune Polonais, à l'insu de son père, obtînt de faux papiers d'identité aryens pour Rachel et sa famille. Le résultat de cette fraude fut qu'il fut dénoncé et envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen. Leszek avait une voix de baryton profonde et riche. Il chantait souvent pour ses amis une chanson basée sur une chanson populaire Yiddish « Simon Ohm », qu'il avait apprise avant sa captivité. En avril 1943, la rumeur... (Continues)
à partir de la version italienne de Riccardo Venturi.
Chanson polonaise - Szymon Ohm - Aleksander Kulisiewicz
À la fin de 1939, Leszek N. (nom inconnu), le fils d'un riche fabricant varsovien, qui avant la guerre détestait les Juifs, tombe amoureux d'une jeune fille juive prénommée Rachel, du quartier le plus pauvre de Varsovie, Nalewki. Quand en 1940, tous les Juifs furent regroupés et confinés dans le ghetto, le jeune Polonais, à l'insu de son père, obtînt de faux papiers d'identité aryens pour Rachel et sa famille. Le résultat de cette fraude fut qu'il fut dénoncé et envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen. Leszek avait une voix de baryton profonde et riche. Il chantait souvent pour ses amis une chanson basée sur une chanson populaire Yiddish « Simon Ohm », qu'il avait apprise avant sa captivité. En avril 1943, la rumeur... (Continues)
SIMON OHM
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Marco Valdo M.I. 2009/1/15 - 13:07
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Lyrics by Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Music: Jindřich Harapát (“Travička zelená”, 1936)
Sachsenhausen, 1941/43
Testo di Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Musica: Jindřich Harapát (“Travička zelená”, 1936)
As an antidote to despair over Hitler’s seemingly unstoppable war machine, the brazen and ribald “Germania!” proved extremely popular. Rather than risk performing the entire piece, prisoners took to singing aloud only the word “Germania” —ironically endearing the song to the SS guards who, Kulisiewicz reports, regretted that it did not have more lyrics. After Germany’s crushing defeat at Stalingrad in February, 1943, Kulisiewicz added the second verse, peforming it with exaggerated gestures so his non-Polish audience could scarcely miss his meaning. For example, the word “Germania” was sung while imitating a Hitler Parade March—knees raised high with a springing motion, face... (Continues)