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!
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.
Comments for The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers
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Marlene Meisels PhD
Posted on December 04, 2007 at 06:42 PM | Permalink
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!
Malcom Dogg
Posted on June 29, 2004 at 12:15 PM | Permalink
Review of The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers
For example http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14088
This authoritative report should satisfy all future discussions.
Fascinating piece; well done
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on May 15, 2004 at 10:32 AM | Permalink
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.
marc sensi
Posted on April 27, 2004 at 01:24 PM | Permalink
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.