Title

The inextinguishable symphony : a true story of music and love in Nazi Germany

Description

Set amid the growing tyranny of German's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Gunther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert, two courageous Jewish musicians who strugged to perform under unimaginable circumstances - and found themselves falling in love in a country bent on destroying them.

Identifier

903906

471350974

Creator

Goldsmith, Martin

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2000

Program air date: January 7, 2001

Publisher

Wiley

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: "Fri 10/27/,11 a.m. - My brother Peter - 1949, Martin - 48 (1952); Oldenburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt; Mark Crispin Müller; Mother dies at 67, July 9, 1984, Tucson, AZ. (was 32); My piano lessons (+ my brother); My grandfather Julian was a rat; nationally - Kubu members: Berlin 1936: 20,000, 1937: 17,500, 1938: [?]; 1936 peak, 49 different cities; 1936: 70,000, 1937: 58,000, 1938: 28,000; 70,000 attending. - p. 83: Anti-Jewish laws; 1933 - no swimming in Wannsee Lake; 1934 - no uniforms; 1935 - no public pools or baths. - Mother d. 1984; Father's visit to Holocaust M. - 1994; Rosemary - Violin, George - Flute; Rudolph Serkin; Martin - the French Horn, Günther - the Flute, Mother - the violin. - [Hitler statement about Jews in 1922, p. 40]; Putsch of 1923; Spring of 1933 - Jewish businesses targeted for destruction; Anschluss - Mar. 15, 1938 - Annexing of Austria - couldn't perform German or Austrian composers; Nov. 9, 1938 - November Pogrom; Herschel Grynszpan - p. 133 - shot Ernst von Rath in Paris; Kristallnacht - Night of Crystal; add Sara, Israel, yellow star; Chamberlain, Munich - Sudetenland & Ch[?]; Culture Association of German Jews - "Kulturbund Deutscher Juden". - Goebbels unveils Reichskulturkammer (RKK); Richard Strauss made President of Reichsmusikkammer (RMK). - My father didn't consider himself Jewish, p. 331; my parents spoke very little to me of this time in Germany. - July 1, 1939: Julian Gumpert walked out on his wife Else Hayn, left for Ecuador - with Nellie and Siegfried Solms; in 10 days - died of heart attack at 63. - My father was possessive of my mother preferring to stay home; Mozart's 'The magic Flute'; Rosemarie - 20 in 1937, Dad 23; Mark Crispin Müller". - Notes on back endpapers: "June 21, 1941 - Rosemary and Günther arrive in N.Y.C.; Gestapo - Jew pig, p. 280 - stamped passport; the Portuguese ship Mouzhino - 300 passengers - 2nd to last ship to leave Lisbon with Jewish refugees / 1 day voyage; Dad 27, Mom 24. Alex and Helmut - in prison in France, June '39; Rivesaltes - Pyrenees Mountains; 3000 prisons; tough letters from Alex to Günther, p. 315; my grandfather gassed at Auschwitz, 2 months later Helmut died. - Big 4 Kulturbund: Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg; Cultural Assoc.: Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart, 50,000 in the membership; Sept. 11, 1941 - Reich ends Kulturbund after 8 years; Final solution. - Story of Henry Meyer - exchanged by Doctor for a dead man, p. 295. - Where did you get all the details on what was played and by whom? - Where did you get the quotes - the dialog between your mother and father, p. 109? - Word from Hans Hinkel: all German composers banned. - Who was the American sponsor for Mom & Dad? - Didn't meet him. Shapiro". --- Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book.

Subject

"Goldsmith, George, 1913-"

"Goldsmith, Rosemary, 1917-1984."

"Jewish musicians--Germany--Biography."

"Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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