Touching The Void: Le Chant Des Marais
Pascal Derrien -1994-
It took two weeks apparently to create the song from start to finish and it was sang for the first time on the 27th of August 1933 as part of the ‘Circus Konzentrazani.’ According to Goguel, ''sixteen singers, mostly members of the Solinger Worker’s Singing Club, marched into an arena with their prison outfits and their spades on their shoulders.''
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Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #40
as often many thanks for dropping by and showing appreciation Bill Stankiewicz, \ud83d\udc1d Brand Ambassador 😀
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #39
need to cast an eye on that book 📚 😀
Bill Stankiewicz
6 years ago #38
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #37
I can only imagine the shock and incredulity at discovering the living proof of the darkest sides of mankind interestingly I was also thinking about that generation of young liberators thanks for dropping by Deborah Levine
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #36
thanks Debesh Choudhury indeed more than just resilience they did show courage
Debesh Choudhury
6 years ago #35
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #34
thanks Lada \ud83c\udfe1 Prkic , true there was often orchestras in camps which is kind of weird providing the overall environment of the final solution. For having set a foot in a camp or two I can only describe it as an overwhelming experience I have also huge difficulty to understand those still in denial :-(
Lada 🏡 Prkic
6 years ago #33
You are more than just a mere conveyer, Pascal. Your beautiful and touching post intrigued me to find more about this song which is considered to be the most famous of all written within concentration camps. I found a website Music and the Holocoust dealing with the role of music in the Holocaust. http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/ I need to say that I'm very sensitive about the Holocaust, although have no direct link to and have no relatives that were in Nazi camps, and often ask myself how still there are people who deny the existence of the Holocaust and concentration camps.
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #32
thanks Gert Scholtz it seems the topic had quite some impact but I am just a mere conveyor
Gert Scholtz
6 years ago #31
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #30
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
6 years ago #29
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
6 years ago #28
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #27
thanks Savvy Raj I don't know you but moving so oftenhas also given me the ability to adapt to change very quickly almost a sixth sense :-) Many thanks for the kind words on the article
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #26
thanks Devesh \ud83d\udc1d Bhatt sometimes circumstances led to create unexpected stuff, most non creative people are creating stuff everyday they just don't express it sometimes but you don't have that problem :-)
Devesh 🐝 Bhatt
6 years ago #25
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #24
Ken Boddie thanks for sharing that story I have seen a teenage choir performing that song and it was higlhly emotionally charged ...... good luck with the triage 😉
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #23
that's all I could ever asked CityVP \ud83d\udc1d Manjit not for me but for the memory of those who sang it first
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #22
thanks Paul Walters I think the song was originally written in German but what a destiny from camps to military march I am not entirely sure but I think it has also become the EU official anthem for the deported a few years ago
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #21
thank you Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador it's powerful song indeed
Paul Walters
6 years ago #20
Ken Boddie
6 years ago #19
CityVP Manjit
6 years ago #18
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #17
the story is awesome I doubt I am but thanks all the same Debasish Majumder you are a very loyal reader :-)
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #16
You are very good Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess with your nice comments. Indeed jew or non jew, my two grandfathers were sent to camps in Germany one as a prisoner of war as captured as a soldier in the French army the other one got arrested twice (denounced) for being of Austrian descent and sharing radically opposite views from the Nazis, my mum's name is Weikert so I also have some Austrian blood I guess that makes me officially very confused :-)
Lisa Vanderburg
6 years ago #15
See now, lovely Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess..... Pascal Derrien runs D E E P in my book, so I'm not surprised. It's what he doesn't say that pricks my ears :)
Debasish Majumder
6 years ago #14
Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
6 years ago #13
Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
6 years ago #12
Harvey Lloyd
6 years ago #11
I agree we still have a our pockets that seem to grow into the viking age and back out. My puzzlement comes from such sophistication demonstrated across media while watching these barbaric things still happening. It seems so incongruent. Also somewhat aristocratic. We may have put a man on the moon but we still can't stop the tragic exploitation of humans at any level. But such is the human existence. It only takes a few quiet folks to let something slide and before you know it we have the depravity. Reading of our Viking forbearers they were ruthless in rules but they stood fast within them. We are struggling to get this steadfastness within our own paradigm. Every tragedy seems to have its power brokers who are directly indirectly controlling outcomes. Again great piece. Humbling of how the human dynamic can adapt in the most depraved circumstances. We are resilient just not always smart.
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #10
Harvey Lloyd
6 years ago #9
Julio Angel 🐝Lopez Lopez
6 years ago #8
It is true. We keep some things to remember later.
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #7
I agree Neil Smith what a lesson of courage and a reminder that some of our predecessors on earth were amazing people, lets not forget them !!!!
Neil Smith
6 years ago #6
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #5
thanks @Julio Angel \ud83d\udc1dLopez Lopez amazing what one can find isn't it ? :-)
Julio Angel 🐝Lopez Lopez
6 years ago #4
Pascal Derrien
6 years ago #3
Indeed Lisa Vanderburg it's an hypnotic tune from past troubled times, many thanks for commenting on this.
Lisa Vanderburg
6 years ago #2
Lisa Vanderburg
6 years ago #1