<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper is a survey of research on music in territories of occupied Poland conducted by the author in recent years, as well as a review of selected existing literature on this topic. A case study illustrates a principal thesis of this essay according to which music was used by the German Nazis in the General Government as a key elements of propaganda and in appropriation of conquered territories as both physical and symbolic spaces.</p></abstract>

The paper is a survey of research on music in territories of occupied Poland conducted by the author in recent years, as well as a review of selected existing literature on this topic. A case study illustrates a principal thesis of this essay according to which music was used by the German Nazis in the General Government as a key elements of propaganda and in appropriation of conquered territories as both physical and symbolic spaces.

Music in Nazi-Occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945

University of Warsaw, Institute of Musicology

Musicology Today

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The paper is a survey of research on music in territories of occupied Poland conducted by the author in recent years, as well as a review of selected existing...

Music in Nazi-Occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 53 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2016-0006

Keywords
Propaganda, General Government, genocide, Cracow, Warsaw, music, 1939–1945, Holocaust

© 2016 Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Music in Nazi-Occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 53 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2016-0006

KeywordsPropaganda, General Government, genocide, Cracow, Warsaw, music, 1939–1945, Holocaust

© 2016 Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Propaganda, General Government, genocide, Cracow, Warsaw, music, 1939–1945, Holocaust