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Song recording from Holocaust survivor of 1946 discovered

Song recording from Holocaust survivor of 1946 discovered

Recordings of songs and interviews with Holocaust survivors have been discovered in a mislabelled canister in an archive in Ohio. The songs include one that was sung in the cellars of a Krakow ghetto to inspire rebellion against the Nazis.In the summer of 1946, psychologist Dr David Boder interviewed at least 130 Jewish survivors in nine languages in refugee camps in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. With a wire recorder and 200 spools of steel wire, Boder preserved some of the first oral histories of concentration camp survivors. He also recorded singing sessions and religious services.A portion of Boders work has been archived at The University of Akrons Drs Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology since 1967. But it wasnt until a recent project to digitize the recordings got underway that a spool containing the Henonville Songs, performed in Yiddish and German and long thought lost, was discovered in a mislabeled canister.This recording of a song named Undzer shtetl brent (Our Village is Burning) by Mordecai Gebirtig (Poland, ca 1938) is performed in Yiddish by Gita Frank. She provides a unique introduction to Undzer shtetl brent (a mainstay of commemoration ceremonies), stating that the piece had been sung by the composers daughter in the cellars of Krakow ghetto to inspire the people to rebel against the Germans. Frank also varies text in a significant way, altering the songs original refrain from our village is burning to the Jewish people are burning. Feb 3, 2017
Bat Bot: The new drone that flies like a real-life bat

Bat Bot: The new drone that flies like a real-life bat

The key flight mechanisms of bats now have been recreated with unprecedented fidelity in the Bat Bot—a self-contained robotic bat with soft, articulated wings, developed by researchers at Caltech and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Feb 2, 2017
African meteorite shows Mars was volcanically active for two billion years

African meteorite shows Mars was volcanically active for two billion years

Mars was volcanically active for at least two billion years – almost half of the Red Planet’s history. By analysing a meteorite discovered in Africa in 2012, researchers have been able to show Mars has some of the longest-lived volcanoes in the entire solar system. The 200g meteorite, Northwest Africa 7635, was found in Algeria. Feb 2, 2017
Vigil held for six people killed in Quebec City mosque shooting

Vigil held for six people killed in Quebec City mosque shooting

A vigil was held on 30 January after six people were shot dead at a Quebec City mosque. A French-Canadian student named as Alexandre Bissonnette is being held as the sole suspect. Bissonette, who is in his 20s and from Quebec,made a brief appearance in court. Prosecutors said all of the evidence was not yet ready and Bissonnette is set to appear again on Feb. 21. Police declined to discuss possible motives for the shooting at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called it ‘a terrorist attack’. Among the six men killed were a butcher, a university professor, a pharmacist and an accountant. Jan 31, 2017
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