Tango of Death: The Creation of a Holocaust Legend (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004525061)

A legend that captures the imagination of audiences and shapes representations of the Holocaust is that in Nazi concentration camps Jewish musicians were forced to play a Tango of Death as men, women and children made their way to the gas chambers. This book traces the origins of this legend to a little known concentration camp in Ukraine where musicians were forced to perform a Jewish tango at executions before they themselves were murdered. By reconstructing the creation of this legend, the book shows how the actual history is hidden, distorted, or even lost altogether.

Author: Willem De Haan
ISBN-10: 9004525068
ISBN-13: 9789004525061
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2022
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover