Comments for The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers

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Produced by Arndt Peltner

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Summary: The most important anti-fascist and protest song of the 20th century
 

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Review of The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers

As a Holocaust survivor's daughter, I was introduced to this powerful resistance song in the U.S. by Pete Seeger. I sang it throughout my teens, and now find that I'm teaching it to my 7th grade class studying the Holocaust. I was fascinated by the travels this song made, and was inspired by clips of people interviewed by it. I feel better informed about the song and ready to share with my students now. Thank you!

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Review of The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers

A controversial discussion of this haunting song has been on webpages and newsgroups for many years.

For example http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14088

This authoritative report should satisfy all future discussions.

Fascinating piece; well done

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Review of The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers

Great production values and creative use of music, archival sound and actualities. Difficult subject to pull off - the story of one song written in the concentration camp era and its impact on the world. But several obstacles here to getting airplay in America. The narrator has a strong accent that I found difficult to follow while listening in the car. Not so hard to follow on the internet but a good majority of people listen in their cars or kitchen radios and that has to be considered. The piece is at an odd length - 38 minutes - and might be a challenge to program. But the material is just not that accessible for American audiences. The significance of this song is just that clear here. I doubt if most people have heard of it. That would be difficult to program and to promote.

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Review of The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers

came across as a documentary one might hear in a wwII museum. informative but a bit removed in tone.