The 14 Shoah Songbooks
As we prepare for the "We Are Here Concert", we present The 14 Shoah Songbooks. These videos and all info about these songbooks are based on the article titled “Fourteen Shoah Songbooks” written by Bret Charles Werb.
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MI-MA'AMAKIM: The First Shoah Songbook
Mi-ma'amakim: folkslider fun lagers un getos in poyln 1939-1944 (Out of the Depths: Folk Songs from the Camps and Ghettos of Poland, 1939-1944)
Yehuda Ayzman, Published in Bucharest June, 1945
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ZAMLUNG FUN KATSET UN GETO LIDER: The Second Shoah Songbook
Zamlung Fun Katset Un Geto Lider (Anthology of Songs and Poems from the Concentration Camps and Ghettos)
By Zami Feder
Printed in 1946 (printed in the displaced persons camp at Bergen Belsen as part of newspaper Undzer Shtime)
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S'BRENT: The Third Shoah Songbook
S'brent (It's Burning)
All 15 songs written by Mordecai Gebirtig (1877-1942).
Published in 1946 By Jewish Historical Commission of Krakow
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LIDER FUN BIALISTOKER GETO: The Fourth Shoah Songbook
Lider Fun Bialistoker Geto (Songs from Białystok Ghetto)
1947 Published By Bialystok Committee in Paris
Compiled By Izaak Rybalowski
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GHETTO UND KZ. LIEDER: The Fifth Shoah Songbook
Ghetto-und KZ. Lieder aus Lettland and Litauen (Ghetto and Concentration Camp Songs from Latvia and Lithuania)
1947 Published By American Joint Distribution Committee. Compiled By Johanna Spector
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UNDZER GEZANG: The Sixth Shoah Songbook
Undzer Gezang
Published By Shmerke Kaczerginski, 1947 Warsaw
29 Songs
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DOS GEZANG FUN VILNER GETO: The Seventh Shoah Songbook
Dos Gezang Fun Vilner Geto
Compiled By Shmerke Kagzerginski
Published By The Vilna Association of France
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ZOG NISHT KEYNMOL AZ DU GEYST DEM LETSTN VEG: The Eighth Shoah Songbook
Zog nisht keynmol az du geyst dem letstn veg (Never Say That You Have Reached the Final Road)
Published By Shmere Kaczerginski or Hirsh Glik, 1947 Warsaw
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UMKUM FUN DER YIDISHER KOVNE: The Ninth Shoah Songbook
Umkum fun der yidisher kovne (Destruction of Jewish Kovno)
Joseph Gar, 1948, Munich
400 page special edition of displaced persons newspaper called UNDZER VEG
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FUN LETSTN KHURBN: The Tenth Shoah Songbook
Fun letstn khurbn (From the Last Extermination)
Published By Israel Kaplan (1902-2003)
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SONGS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS: The Eleventh Shoah Songbook
Songs of the Concentration Camps
From the Repertoire of Emma Schaver (1905-2003)
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Min Hametzar: me-shirei ha-getaot: The Twelfth Shoah Songbook
Min Hametzar: me-shirei ha-getaot (In Distress: Songs of the Ghettos)
Conceived by Ernst Hurwitz (1914-1996)
The first Shoah songbook published in Israel, appeared in 1949
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TSU ZINGEN UN TSU ZOGN: The Thirteenth Shoah Songbook
Tsu zingen un tsu zogn (To Sing and to Recite)
Self-published in Munich in 1949 by Reuven Lipshits (1918-1975)
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Yidishe folks-shafung in di teg fun der groyse foterlandisher milkhome: The Fourteenth Shoah Songbook
Yidishe folks-shafung in di teg fun der groyse foterlandisher milkhome (Jewish Folk Creations in the Days of the Great Patriotic War)
Authored by Moshe Beregovski in collaboration with linguist Reuven Lerner