Name: No Art
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: On a teachers’ trip to Auschwitz in 1991, survivor Norbert Wollheim shared his personal struggles and losses as a prisoner at this death camp. His story revealed the complexity of survival, both at that time and after. As we were leaving, he paused at the railroad tracks, and I thought of his pain in recalling those memories.

Meghan Hone - No Art

from Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song by Various Artists

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On a teachers’ trip to Auschwitz in 1991, survivor Norbert Wollheim shared his personal struggles and losses as a prisoner at this death camp. His story revealed the complexity of survival, both at that time and after. As we were leaving, he paused at the railroad tracks, and I thought of his pain in recalling those memories.

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Pausing near the railroad tracks
Norbert Wollheim on a teachers’ trip
Sits at Auschwitz, looking back
Through his mind pictures whip
Welded by I. G. Farben’s grip
And retells history, details, facts:

Partings, factory metalwork
Hangings, shootings, betrayals, fears
Shadows where the sadists lurk
Barracks, comrades, brothers, peers
Heads held up above the jeers
Birth dates changed as the barracks clerk

The story that he freely gives
Says will and luck are why he lives
Survival is no art

He recalls debarking from the train
When his family arrived
And stands where commands of Cain
Left him forever twice deprived
His wife, his son, just he survived
A daily dose of pain

Ready to depart
This gentle man recounts, relives
And teaches with a stalwart heart

The story that he freely gives
Says will and luck are why he lives
Survival is no art

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from Beneath White Stars: Holocaust Profiles in Song, released July 20, 2022
Music by: Joel Mandelkern
Arranged by: Gustavo Eiriz
Lyrics by: Holly Mandelkern

Vocals: Meghan Hone
Piano: Julian Bond
Violin: Gustavo Eiriz

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