Aleksander Kulisiewicz
Aleksander Kulisiewicz (7 August 1918 – 12 March 1982) was a Polish singer, journalist and holocaust survivor.[1][2]
Early life
Kulisiewicz was born on 7 August, 1918 in Krakow. He studied law in German-occupied Poland and worked as a journalist. In 1940, in reaction to his article Heil butter! - Enough of Adolf Hitler! in he was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.[3] In the camp, he sang and learned songs passed on to him by other inmates.[4]
Post War
Following liberation, and the end of World War II, he began to document the songs he had learned from other inmates. He dictated hundreds of songs in four languages to a nurse in Krakow.[5] Due to his extensive interpretations of camp songs, he was nicknamed the Singer from Hell.[6]
Kulisiewicz died on 12 March, 1982 in Krakow.[7] He is buried at Salwator Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Aleksander Kulisiewicz". holocaustmusic.ort.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Heil, Sachsenhausen! ♫". holocaustmusic.ort.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Songs of the Holocaust: the music of Aleksander Kulisiewicz". HistoryExtra. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection, 1939-1986 - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Cassette Tapes [TK] - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Songs from the Depths of Hell". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Kulisiewicz, Aleksander Tytus, 1918-1982 - History - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.