Spieldose: perceiving Buchenwald history through camp music and children’s camp

This article discusses the historical perception of Buchenwald through artistic research focusing on the themes of camp music and children’s camps. The research is structured into three sections. The first section explores the types of music in the concentration camp and their roles, while the second investigates the development of children’s camps within Buchenwald. The third section discusses the sounding sculpture Spieldose, which the author created based on this research. The article suggests that an artistic approach to historical perception involves an interactive dialogue that shapes both personal understanding and the historical narrative itself. As for the artwork Spieldose, the author attempts to sound an alarm to the world through it, for history is not and has never been far removed from us, rather, it is unfolding right before our eyes.