Drancy (II)

Audio file
Date recorded: 1949
Contributor(s): Performer: Friede, Norah; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: prison song, topical song
Culture: French
Instruments: guitar, voice
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T21
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T21R03
Note: This song was learned by Norah Friede while in Dachau concentration camp from French prisoners toward the end of 1944. The song is about the Drancy deportation camp, an infamous temporary prison camp in the city of Drancy, north of Paris. (See note to track 1.)
Belongs to: New York City 1949
About the session: A brief session of recordings by (what appears to be in Lomax's handwriting) Norah Friede, a Czech partisan and survivor of Dachau.
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