Gertrude Sandmann Audio Documentary

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⁠Hannah Steinkopf-Frank⁠

Dr. Anna Havemann -⁠https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/⁠   

Biography of ⁠Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg⁠, ⁠Gertrude Sandmann⁠

Production and writing 

Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam 

Many thanks to Dr. Anna Havemann for her work writing, researching, and transcribing Gertrude Sandmann’s diaries for her biography, which is where the quotes provided in this documentary are drawn. 

quotes were translated by Deepl and Google translate from their original german to english. 

Additional voiceovers by⁠ Mariel Hansson Folk⁠

Research support

Research assistance by the kind librarians at Spinnboden, Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, FFBIZ, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Berlinische Gallerie, and more! 

I was given wonderful resources and advice from the Mills Music Librarians when making sure the Yiddish songs you hear in this episode are old enough to be in the public domain, such as the ⁠Cornell guide to Copyright Term and the Public Domain ⁠. A huge thank you to Sherry Mayrent for donating her collection of Yiddish music, and all the librarians at⁠ Maryrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings⁠ and the ⁠Mills Music Library of Digital Collections⁠ for the work you do to ensure that we can enjoy these cultural treasures.

Music/Sounds

⁠"Warmer" by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen, Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠Exlibris by Kosta T Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠London Gallery Subduded Voices -G by Martian freesound.org number 49378 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Another Guitar Beat by Seth Makes Sounds freesound.org number 724666 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Ocean Waves 06  by Lucas_Schacht . freesound.org number 534915 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Boruch habo⁠

⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 27, 1906 in Philadelphia.⁠

⁠Published by  Victor Talking Machine Company in  Camden, New Jersey⁠

⁠האפּעט מחותנים, Hopet machetonym⁠

⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 1919⁠

⁠Published by Emerson Phonograph Company in New York⁠

⁠ Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 , first  Allegro ⁠

⁠played by the   NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini⁠

Special Thanks 

To Mara and Boba for their love and inspiration, 

Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, 

Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, 

Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices

Dr. Hilla Lavie for consent to read aloud a quote in her essay

Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an ⁠online research guide to Jewish Composers⁠

Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an ⁠incredible blog post ⁠about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work if something doesn’t sound right send me an email ⁠passingpaintbrush@gmail.com⁠

This is a project hosted by the ⁠Spinnboden Lesbian Archive⁠ and funded by ⁠Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  ⁠