Музыка в лагерях для перемещенных лиц
RU The Displaced Persons’ (DP) camps of occupied post-war Europe were home to a diverse range of musical activities. In the American and British zones of occupa
Даниэль Белинфанте, голландский композитор, родился #OTD в 1893 году в Амстердаме. Во время Второй мировой войны он участвовал в сопротивлении укрывая беглецов. Он был арестован и отправлен в Вестерборк, затем в Освенцим и Фюрстенгрубе. Он заболел, но умер на пожаре незадолго до освобождения, когда нацисты подожгли лазарет.
Австрийский композитор оперетты Оскар Штраус родился #OTD в 1870 году. После аншлюса ему пришлось эмигрировать в Париж, а затем он перебрался в Нью-Йорк и Голливуд. В Берлине он работал в 1-м немецком музыкальном кабаре Überbrettl вместе с Арнольдом Шенбергом.
RU The Displaced Persons’ (DP) camps of occupied post-war Europe were home to a diverse range of musical activities. In the American and British zones of occupa
RU Following the liberation of the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945, British occupation forces established a Displaced Persons’ (DP) camp for
RU One of the most interesting dimensions of World War II was the diverse and creative use of propaganda. The 1936 Berlin Olympics and American pamphlets procla
In 1939 the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) tried to join the Resistance in France but was not accepted because of his age.
RU The modern nation of Italy had existed for barely more than sixty years when, in October 1922, Benito Mussolini became the country’s prime minister.
[Translate to Russian:] Richard Fuchs was a German Jewish architect, artist and composer who founded the Baden-Wurttenberg branch of the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural League).
[Translate to Russian:] Wilhelm Rettich was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He fled to the Netherlands in 1933 and survived the Nazi occupation by hiding in a cellar.
Composer and musician Erich Hugo Frost (1900-1987) was imprisoned several times in prisons and concentration camps between 1934 and 1945. He composed ‘Fest steht in großer, schwerer Zeit (Stand Fast in Great and Hard Times) in the spring of 1941.
[Translate to Russian:] Austrian-born British musicologist and music critic Hans Keller (1919-1985), who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, was arrested by the Nazis and forced to leave Austria following the Anschluss in 1938.
[Translate to Russian:] German conductor, composer and pianist Peter Gellhorn (1912-2004) fled Germany during the 1930s and settled in London. He conducted at the Royal Opera House, Sadler’s Wells and Glyndebourne.