The music maker of Auschwitz IV
Byrne, Jaci2021
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When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his wife, Mabel, that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German forced labour camps throughout Poland. Two years later, he was transferred to Auschwitz IV, part of the notorious concentration camp complex where it is not widely known held Allied POWs. When his captors appointed Jackson their 'Kapellmeister' (man in charge of music), he seized the opportunity to provide entertainment for his fellow prisoners at rehearsals and cover for escapees during concerts. Finally liberated in May 1945, malnourished and gravely ill, Jackson carried his secret war diary - an incredible exposé on five years of life and death in Nazi concentration camps.
Main title:
The music maker of Auschwitz IV / Jaci Byrne.
Author:
Byrne, Jaci, author, narrator
Imprint:
Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2021.
Collation:
1 CD (9 hr., 57 min.) : digital, MP3 file
Performers:
Narrated by the author.
ISBN:
9781867584650 (CD)
Dewey class:
940.547243940.547 R100723
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3051548
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