Music in Concentration Camps 1933-1945

The author addresses the topic of musical activities in the German concentration camps from 1933 to 1945, focusing on those camps that the Nazi regime started to erect just a few weeks after Hitler's assumption of power. These camps formed the seed from which the entire system of Nazi camps grew. Music was an integral part of camp life in almost all of the Nazi-run camps. The questions covered in the research include: (1) How was it possible to play music in these camps?; (2) What musical forms developed there? and (3) How was the extent of musical activities affected by the development of the concentration camp system?