GHOST OF SOUNDS

a visual and sonic archive of encounters with the ghost of Robert Erwin

found photos of youth, circa 1936-1938.

supercut of ambient gunshots recorded during visit to B'nai Abraham Memorial Park, a Jewish cemetery in Union, New Jersey located next to RTSP Gun Range and Firearms Training Center.
October 7, 2022.

Home video clip of Levy and Grandpa, Hanukkah 1998.

The Ash Grove (Welsh: 
Llwyn Onn),
a traditional welsh folk song as transcribed
by Robert Erwin, date unknown.

^Painting by Robert Erwin of his mother and father, Annie/Chana and Louis/Leiser Rosenzweig, date unknown.

< sketch by Robert Erwin, subject unknown, September 1993.

Robert Erwin interviews his eldest brother, David Rosenzweig, about family history, April 1994.

Levy Erwin 2022

The end.

Leiser Wolf Rosenzweig Birth Record, 1873.
(Skala-Podil's'ka, Part of Austria until WWI)

Robert Erwin Rosenzweig WWII Draft Registration, 1943.

Family photos c. 1945, Bob in WWII uniform.

Skala YIVO Folder 99.40 Skala Benevolent Society Banquet 1946,
50th Anniversary Newsletter
Greetings from Louis Menchel, uncle of Robert Erwin.

Original Yiddish

Google Translate Camera View

Letters to the Dead, written by Robert Erwin, date unknown.