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Morris Rosenfeld
… and were published in 1898 in the book ' Songs from the Ghetto '. The first edition sold out, and the book was soon …
Gershon Sirota
… residence in Warsaw during WWII, and perished in the ghetto uprising of 1943. … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
David Beyglman
… 230,000 other Jewish residents were deported to the Lodz ghetto in the northern Baluty quarter of the city. The ghetto was officially sealed on April 30, 1940, and remained … activity continued in the early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical …
Gideon Klein
… remained one of the core figures in the musical life of the ghetto. Although basic resources such as instruments and … Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto was very difficult, Klein’s original compositions … virtuoso, active in the musical life of the Theresienstadt ghetto. … Pianist … Composer … Prague … Theresienstadt … …
Max Helfman
… hagode (1948), a Yiddish-language Cantata about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He directed many choirs and educational …
Marysia (Miriam) Eisenstadt
… classical and Jewish music concerts in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. … Singer, “the [Warsaw] ghetto Nightingale” … Marysia (Miriam) Eisenstadt …
Hirsch Glik
… In September of 1941, Glik was sent to the first of two ghettos established in the city. One of the most significant political forces in the Vilna ghetto was the underground Fareynigte Partizaner … also heavily involved in the cultural life of the Vilna ghetto. Many partisan writers, such as Glik, saw song …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… ' Aleksander Kulisiewicz' on Wikimedia. 'Songs of the ghettos, concentration camps, and World War II partisan …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… to Kaczerginski's eventual imprisonment in the Vilna Ghetto, where he helped hide Jewish cultural works with … Partisans Organisation, participating in the failed Vilna Ghetto uprising and then escaping to the forest to fight … Friling ('Springtime'), about his wife's death in the ghetto, and Shtiler, shtiler ('Quiet, Quiet'), his …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz ghetto. He composed and performed satirical songs pertaining to major events and to figures of the ghetto. While not much is known about Yankele Hershkowitz’s … his musical contribution to the cultural life of the Lodz ghetto has been recounted by many survivors. His original …