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The Ballad of Mauthausen
A Holocaust Program of Stories and Songs by Doug Lipman In 1945, U.S. soldiers liberated the complex of concentration camps near Mauthausen, Austria. Doug Lipman's father was among them. Twenty years later, a Greek partisan who had been an inmate at Mauthausen wrote a series of 4 brief poems about his experiences there, and Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis set them to music as "The Ballad of Mauthausen." Now, Doug sings his translation of the song cycle (accompanying himself with 12-string guitar) and tells uplifting stories from the lives of Holocaust survivors as described in Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust. This program embodies the reactions we have to tragedy, from grief to anger to despair - and finally to hope.
Age: High School through Adult (Jr. High by special arrangement) Past Performances include:
Because the stories in it all have an element of hope and redemption, Dr. Yaffa Eliach's Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust is the first book Doug was able to read about the Holocaust. In 1969, Doug was introduced by Dr. Evangelos Afendras to the "Ballad of Mauthausen", a cycle of four songs by famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The song cycle is based on four poems written by Greek playwright Iakovos Kambanellis twenty years after his release from internment in the camp at Mauthausen. For more information of any kind, please use Doug's contact form. Photos (clockwise from upper left):
Doug Lipman This page was last updated on
March 25, 2007
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