09/16/2026
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Berlin, 1932 - From the closing months of the Weimar Republic, here are recordings of two captivating and memorable songs from 1932 German films performed by the Kardosh-Singers, a vocal harmony group that, at the time, was considered a rival to the better-remembered Comedian Harmonists.
On one of the recordings, they are joined by a female jazz and s**t singer, credited on the label as Miss Louise Gordan, who appeared on several German recordings in the early 1930s but whose real name, national origin, and what became of her remain a mystery.
As with the Comedian Harmonists, the Kardosh-Singers were forced to break up because of the Jewish ancestry of some of its members, in this instance, its founder, Istvรกn Kardos.
The posting discusses how, as a Hungarian citizen, Kardos was able to keep the group intact as one of Germany's top musical acts all the way through 1935 by simply not telling anybody about his ancestry - and the events that followed after it became increasingly difficult to keep it secret.
It also discusses the concert hall, built in 1827 and famed for its acoustics, where the recordings were made by the newly formed Telefunken label.
Both of the recordings will be part of Radio Dismuke's next playlist update and are enjoyable even if one does not understand German. However, you can hear them in their entirety right now by simply following the link in the first comment. โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
