Herms Niel & Reichsmusikzug des RAD
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Those girls and flowers look like these in this photo from https://www.gettyimages.com/
Herms Niel with female admirers at his appointment as professor - 1941. Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann. Published by: 'Hier Berlin' 20/1941.
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Nice, I didn't see that auction!
Thanks for posting.
(It went for nearly EUR 100! The price of Niel's photos is seriously increasing...)
Yes, those are the same girls. However, the photos were taken a year before he was appointed professor.
Some of the photos from this concert were published in Das Illustrierte Blatt, 10.08.1940, p. 783
...and in the Dutch magazine Panorama, 14.05.1942, p. 3, on the occasion of Niel's concert tour in the Netherlands.
The photo with the girls was also published in 1941, on the occasion of Niel's appointment as professor (hence that Getty/Ullstein caption).
From Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung, 25.04.1941, p. 1
Cheers,
Ivan

(It went for nearly EUR 100! The price of Niel's photos is seriously increasing...)
Yes, those are the same girls. However, the photos were taken a year before he was appointed professor.
Some of the photos from this concert were published in Das Illustrierte Blatt, 10.08.1940, p. 783
...and in the Dutch magazine Panorama, 14.05.1942, p. 3, on the occasion of Niel's concert tour in the Netherlands.
The photo with the girls was also published in 1941, on the occasion of Niel's appointment as professor (hence that Getty/Ullstein caption).
From Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung, 25.04.1941, p. 1
Cheers,
Ivan
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From Haarlemsche Courant, 06.07.1943, pp. 2-3
Seems that Carolus Hartmann also wrote the lyrics of "Unsere Räder rollen für den Sieg".
Seems that Carolus Hartmann also wrote the lyrics of "Unsere Räder rollen für den Sieg".
Ivan Ž. wrote:
Unsere Räder rollen für den Sieg [Marschlied]
Composer: Prof. Herms Niel
Lyricist: ?
Publisher: ?
Opening Line: ?
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An invitation to Herms Niel concert in Posen on the 18th of March 1941 - part of Ostdeutsche Kulturtage.
Entry: 50 Pfennig!
From Ostdeutscher Beobachter, 16.03.1941, p. 15
And here is an article from a local newspaper after the concert.
One piece was performed I've never heard of - Parademarsch der Arbeitsdienst-Schulen.
From Ostdeutscher Beobachter, 19.03.1941, pp. 5-6
Entry: 50 Pfennig!
From Ostdeutscher Beobachter, 16.03.1941, p. 15
And here is an article from a local newspaper after the concert.
One piece was performed I've never heard of - Parademarsch der Arbeitsdienst-Schulen.
From Ostdeutscher Beobachter, 19.03.1941, pp. 5-6
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Great material, Greg, thank you very much for posting! First time I see it.
Parademarsch der Arbeitsdienst-Schulen is (as it's written in the report):
What I find most interesting is that they credited Niel as author of the 1940 fanfare for the 1814 "Pariser Einzugsmarsch", but I think that was just a reporter's mistake (I still do not know who the fanfare-composer is, but I doubt it's Niel).
Cheers,
Ivan
Parademarsch der Arbeitsdienst-Schulen is (as it's written in the report):
...which Niel recorded as well, during his first Grammophon session with the RAD band, in 1937.Ivan Ž. wrote: 1937
RAD-Marsch Nr. 1 (Der Reichsarbeitsführer)
Composer: Herms Niel
Publisher: Musikverlag Sanssouci [Wilke & Co.], Berlin-Wilmersdorf
What I find most interesting is that they credited Niel as author of the 1940 fanfare for the 1814 "Pariser Einzugsmarsch", but I think that was just a reporter's mistake (I still do not know who the fanfare-composer is, but I doubt it's Niel).
Cheers,
Ivan
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From Haarlems Dagblad, 02.05.1942, p. 2
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And here is the original version of that photo.
From https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/
From https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/
Concert door het orkest van prof. Herms Niel (1888 -1954) in het Concertgebouw/tegenwoordig de Philharmonie aan de Lange Begijnestraat. Een van de werken is gecomponeerd door onderofficier Hartmann (midden) die uitvoering wordt bedankt.
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I was talking about that to Michail the other day, is this a coincidence or...?
Thanks for posting 
Back to 1941 and Prague:


Back to 1941 and Prague:
A few screenshots from this newsreel:Ivan Ž. wrote: Die Deutsche Wochenschau 545, released on 12 February 1941.
Niel and the Reichsmusikzug were filmed holding a WHW concert in the Lucerna Hall in Prague (Jan. 1941).
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More on this concert:
As indicated in the newsreel, footage was taken during Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl visit to Prag.
According to official timetable/program, visit lasted from 22nd to 25th of January 1941.
Review of RAD troops took place on 23.01 (Thursday) at noon.
"12,05 Uhr - Abschreiten der beiden von dem Czernin-Palais angetretenen Ehrenabteilungen durch den Herrn Reichsprotektor und den Herrn Reichsarbeitsführer."
Niel's concert started at 8pm on 24.01 (Friday).
"20,00 Uhr - Beginn des Konzertes zu Gunsten des Kriegswinterhilfswerkes. Es spielt des Reichsmusikzug des R.A.D. Leitung: OMZ-Führer Herms Niel."
Invitation to the concert. Much more expensive entry than for one in Posen, in two months' time! Source: National Archives of the Czech Republic (Collection: Staatssekretär beim Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren; Folder: sg. 109-12/39)
As indicated in the newsreel, footage was taken during Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl visit to Prag.
According to official timetable/program, visit lasted from 22nd to 25th of January 1941.
Review of RAD troops took place on 23.01 (Thursday) at noon.
"12,05 Uhr - Abschreiten der beiden von dem Czernin-Palais angetretenen Ehrenabteilungen durch den Herrn Reichsprotektor und den Herrn Reichsarbeitsführer."
Niel's concert started at 8pm on 24.01 (Friday).
"20,00 Uhr - Beginn des Konzertes zu Gunsten des Kriegswinterhilfswerkes. Es spielt des Reichsmusikzug des R.A.D. Leitung: OMZ-Führer Herms Niel."
Invitation to the concert. Much more expensive entry than for one in Posen, in two months' time! Source: National Archives of the Czech Republic (Collection: Staatssekretär beim Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren; Folder: sg. 109-12/39)
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From https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/
Herms Niels dirigiert das Engelandlied.
Photographer: Gerold GruppHerms Niel dirigierte eine Kapelle des W.H.W. auf einem Konzert in Prag.
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