Todestango: Music in Nazi Death Camps

Willem de Haan

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49878-8_10

Todestango: Music in Nazi Death Camps

Willem de Haan

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
Number of pages	34
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030498788
ISBN (Print)	9783030498771
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49878-8_10
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Part of: Music, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.

Keywords

Holocaust Death camp Tango Auschwitz Janowska Nuremberg trial Myth Propaganda

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