Todestango: Music in Nazi Death Camps

Willem de Haan

Todestango: Music in Nazi Death Camps

Criminology

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Abstract

This chapter traces the roots of a myth about Jewish musicians in Nazi death camps being forced to perform a “Death Tango” as men, women, and children were led to the gas chambers. By taking a critical look at different versions of this story that have been and continue to be told in the press, in books, on the internet, and in social media, an attempt will be made to separate myth from reality and to sort out what this myth tells us about the role of music in the modus operandi of the Holocaust.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crime and Music
Editors	Frank Bovenkerk, Dina Siegel
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	171-204
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-49878-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-49877-1
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2020

Keywords

Holocaust Death camp Tango Auschwitz Janowska Nuremberg trial Myth Propaganda

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