Ballads and Broadsides USHMM CD-355 ISBN: 978-0-89604-713-6 Songs from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp 1940-1945 By Aleksander Kulisiewicz Conceived and researched by Bret Werb, USHMM musicologist, and Barbara Milewski, Assistant Professor of Music at Swarthmore College The accompanying 60-page booklet includes original Polish texts, English translations, archival illustrations, an introductory essay, plus commentary. Total Time: 54:19 http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/books/detail.php?content=2008-10-14

1. Muzulman – Kippensammler (Muselmann – Butt Collector) [4:13] 1940 Menashe Oppenheim (1936) RG-55.001.06*0002 (performance, Bologna, Italy, 1965)   2. Mister C [4:13] 1940 Henryk Wars (1939) RG-55.001.09*0002 (Polish Television, Katowice, 1966)   3. Krakowiaczek 1940 [3:18] 1940 Polish Folksong RG-55.001.04*0006 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1965)   4. Repeta! (Second Helping!) [1:14] 1941 Anonymous (1824) RG-55.001.04*0005 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964)   5. Piosenka niezapomniana (Unforgettable Song) [2:30] 1941 Julius Krzemienski (1934) RG-55.001.04*0014 (Polish Radio, Kraków, 1978)   6. Erika [2:14] 1941 Karel Vacek (1937) RG-55.001.04*0005 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964)   7. Germania! [3:07] 1941/3 Jindrich Harapat (1936) RG-55.001.04*0012 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964)   8. Olza [4:24] 1942 Henryk Wars (1938) RG-55.001.04*0012 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964)   9. Czarny Böhm (Black Böhm) [2:00] 1942 Ukainian folk melody RG-55.001.04*0012 (Polish Television, Kraków, 1969) 10. Maminsynek w koncentraku (Mama’s Boy in a Concentration Camp) [2:49] 1942 Polish legionnaire's song (1915) RG-55.001.02*0005 (Polish Radio [Warsaw] 1964) 11. Heil, Sachsenhausen! [2:29] 1943 Mieczyslaw Miskne (1938) RG-55.001.04*0005 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964) 12. Pożegnanie Adolfa ze światem (Adolf's Farewell to the World) [5:04] 1943 Polish Folksong RG-55.001.04*0005 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964) 13. Tango truponoszów (Corpse-Carrier's Tango) [3:28] 1943 Wiktor Krupinski (1932) RG-55.001.06*0002 (performance, Bologna, Italy, 1965) 14. Sen o pokoju (Dream about Peace) [3:25] 1943 Aleksander Kulisiewicz RG-55.001.04*0002 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964) 15. Dicke Luft! (Thick Air!) [1:39] 1943 Aleksander Kulisiewicz RG-55.001.02*0007 (home recording, Kraków, 1969) 16. Zimno, panie! (It’s Cold, Sir!) [1:20] 1944 Unidentified RG-55.001.04*0005 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1964) 17. Moja brama (My Gate) [1:28] 1944 Zsigmond Lajos Kertesz RG-55.001.06*0002 (performance, Bologna, Italy, 1965) 18. Pieśń o Wandzie z Ravensbrücku (Song about Wanda from Ravensbrück) [3:47] 1944 Aleksander Kulisiewicz RG-55.001.04*0010 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1969) 19. Czterdziestu czterech (Forty-four) [1:41] 1944 Anonymous RG-55.001.04*0010 (Polish Radio,Warsaw, 1969) 20. Wielka wygrana! (Big Win!) [2:09] 1945 Boleslaw Mucman (1936) RG-55.001.02*0005 (Polish Radio [Warsaw] 1964)

Aleksander Kulisiewicz was a student in German-occupied Poland in October 1939 when the Gestapo arrested him for antifascist writings and sent him to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. A talented performer and songwriter, he composed 54 songs during five years of imprisonment, presenting them at secret gatherings to help inmates cope with despair and sustain hope of survival. The historic recordings on this CD were selected from the Kulisiewicz Collection at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C. They offer a representative sample of Kulisiewicz’s extraordinary artistic output and a sense of his personal response to the realities of life in a Nazi concentration camp.