https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an en-us 2023-02-21 02:28:38 UTC 2025-12-05 03:08:04 UTC hello@padlet.com bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489945151 Music was the source of humanity in many prisoners' lives. This video shows groups of people dancing to music and children singing before the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, everything was taken from the prisoners, but music was one thing they could try to hold on to. ]]> 2023-02-21 16:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489945151 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489974147 Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most famous German composers in the late Baroque period. Prisoners were forbidden to play any pieces from a German composer. ]]> 2023-02-21 16:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489974147 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489984719 Moes, Moes translating to money, money is an upbeat song describing the corruption and decline within the ghettos. The lyrics describe how money is the only thing that matters. ]]> 2023-02-21 16:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489984719 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489996398 Leszek N, a prisoner in Sachsenhausen wrote this song, Szymon Ohm. This song expresses the emotions of Leszek falling in love with a Jewish woman, then losing her to Nazis. ]]> 2023-02-21 16:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2489996398 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504426521 Martin Rosenberg, another prisoner in Sachsenhausen wrote this song named the Jewish Deathsong. From the title, it is evident what this song is expressing. ]]> 2023-03-06 02:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504426521 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504450985 Steve Reich wrote this autobiographical story from stories from different Holocaust survivors and performed it as a song. In these lyrics, his childhood story from the Holocaust comes alive, focusing on his birthday. ]]> 2023-03-06 03:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504450985 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504472489 Ludwig van Beethoven, another incredibly famous German composer composed music of all sorts, but prisoners could not play this music. ]]> 2023-03-06 03:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504472489 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504477740 Arnold Schönberg, a survivor from the Warsaw ghetto. This piece of music takes the listener through the false hopes vs realities in a ghetto. ]]> 2023-03-06 03:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504477740 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504478400 Juliek makes an appearance in Elie Wiesel's Night twice. First he is mentioned as "Pole with eyeglasses and a cynical smile in a pale face. Louis, a native of Holland, a well-known violinist. He complained that they would not let him play Beethoven; Jews were not allowed to play German music.” ]]> 2023-03-06 03:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504478400 bkim57 https://padlet.com/bkim57/k2j7pio39onfu3an/wish/2504480630 Juliek's second appearance is towards the end of novel where he reunites with Elie, but sadly passing away with his violin in hand. The only thing Juliek was worried about was if ""I...I' m afraid...They'll break...my violin ... I ... I brought it with me."’ 

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https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/ghettos/warsaw/moes-moes/

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/central-europe/sachsenhausen/kulisiewiczaleksander/szymonohm/

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/memory/memorials/europe-during-war/ 

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/central-europe/sachsenhausen/kulisiewiczaleksander/jdischertodessang/ 

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/memory/memorials/a-survivor-from-wars/

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