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Morris Rosenfeld
… to English and were published in 1898 in the book ' Songs from the Ghetto '. The first edition sold out, and the book was soon … The Jewish Encyclopedia . … Yiddish poet … 0 … Yiddish songs … Hebrew song … USA … Morris Rosenfeld …
Gideon Klein
… remained one of the core figures in the musical life of the ghetto. Although basic resources such as instruments and … with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto was very difficult, Klein’s original compositions …
Max Helfman
… hagode (1948), a Yiddish-language Cantata about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He directed many choirs and educational … … Composer, choral conductor & educator … Yiddish songs … Communism … Socialism … Jewish socialists … …
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 … creating a feeling of communal strength. Among many other songs glorifying the bravery of the partisans, Glik composed …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… A talented singer, songwriter and performer who composed 54 songs during more than five years of imprisonment … biographies: ' Aleksander Kulisiewicz' on Wikimedia. 'Songs of the ghettos, concentration camps, and World War II partisan …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… prison term. At the age of 15 he began publishing original songs and poetry, including Tates, mames, kinderlekh … 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 …
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 …
Leyb Rozental
… of the most prolific writers of revue theater in the Vilna ghetto. Many of his songs were written for and sung by his sister, Chayele. … child entrepreneur, became widely popular in the ghetto. Like many of Rozental’s songs, it was first …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… inhuman suffering in the winter of 1941 in the Kutno ghetto with other members, and relatives of his family and alongside some 7,000 other Kutno Jews. This short-lived ghetto became instantly a freezing inferno of disease, … direction of Dr. Michael Naida. His popular compositions, songs, film and video scores, signature tunes, and …
Avraham Slep
… also took part in the publication of collections of Jewish songs. So, he edited two collections of songs by Chaim … During the years of Nazi occupation, Slep was in the Vilna ghetto. He and Tamara Girshovich, a piano teacher, managed … possible, Slep and his choir performed in concerts in the ghetto. A few months before the destruction of the Vilna …