Lawn in front of the monastery school/Western hospital wing where the Liberation Concert took place.
Liberation Concert on May 27, 1945 (document kindly provided by Dr. Robert Hilliard)
Programme
of the Liberation-concert
Hospital for essays services reviews.com political ex-prisoners
in Germany in St. Ottilien.
May 27th 1945
4.30 p.m.
Official part.
E. Grieg Triumphal march
Opening Speech
by Z. Grinberg, M.D.
Head doctor of the Hospital
for political Ex-prisoners
in Germany in St. Ottilien
A. Steinberg Lamentations of Israel
Prayer to Commemorate the Dead
Oberkantor S. Schanker
Hymnes of the Allied Nations
Musical part.
1. G. Bizet Suite L’Arlèsienne
a) Intermezzo
b) Farandole
2. E. Grieg Solveig’s Song
3. Jewish folk-songs
a) Shadows
b) „Ich bank‘ a Heim“ (I want to see my home)
sung by H. Dutarschken
4. H. Steinmann Kol Biedrei
violon solo by A. Stapel
5. Fantasia of Sowiet songs
C.C. I Dachau-Kaufering orchestra
conducted by A. Stapel
concert-master M. Hofmekler
Invitation to the Liberation Concert for Archabbot Chrysostomus Schmid by Dr. Grinberg
(Archives of the Archabbey St. Ottilien, Private Correspondence of Archabbot Chrysostomus)
German Program of the Liberation Concert in the Hospital of former political prisoners in St. Ottilien on May 27, 1945, 16:30
To the Right Reverend Father Archabbot
I take the liberty to invite you most cordially to the Liberation Concert which will take place on Sunday, May 27, 1945. The beginning is on 16:30
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The St. Ottilien X-Concentration Camp Orchestra performs a concert in Munich for American soldiers and UJA staff.
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Michael Hofmekler the conductor of the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra performs a concert in Munich for American soldiers and UJA staff.
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Group portrait of the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra.
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Musicians of the DP orchestra at the train station of St. Ottilien.
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The X-Concentration Camp Orchestra before leaving for a tour.
Members of the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra on their bus during a concert tour.
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Michael Hofmekler (left) and U.S. serviceman Robert Hofmekler (right) at their reunion in St. Ottilien in June 1945.
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Conductor Michael Hofmekler in Munich.
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David Arben, violinist and youngest member of the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra in St. Ottilien.
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Henia Durmashkin, singer at the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra.
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Henia Durmashkin, singer at the X-Concentration camp Orchestra.
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Henia Durmashkin performs with the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra at Landsberg DP camp.
Henia Durmashkin performs with the X-Concentration Camp Orchestra.
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Performance of the X-Concentration Camp by Leonard Bernstein.
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Henia Durmashkin performs with Leonard Bernstein in Munich.
Members of the Jewish orchestra celebrate with friends at a farewell dinner.
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Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra.
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Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra.
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Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra.
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Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra.
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Yiddish Article in Landsberger Lager-Cayjtung 18 (30), 1946, about a concert of the St. Ottilien Orchestra for the members of the Nuremberg trials on May 7, 1946:
Members of the Orchestra
Michael Hofmekler, Conductor
Motel Borstein, Violonist
