Memory in song
Songs of the Holocaust
Five songs live in this catalog through Russian poetic adaptations. Each carries a name, a place and a melody that outlived its makers. The next chapter is to carry their meaning into English.
5songs preserved
2017Russian recordings
NextEnglish versions
Spring in the Ghetto
Shmerke Kaczerginski and Avrom Brudno, Russian adaptation by Olga Anikina.
Story and recording Lodz GhettoChildren on the Train
Miriam Harel's testimony, carried by a familiar children's melody.
Story and recording Memory workSummer Day
Olga Anikina's original Russian text in dialogue with Rikle Glezer's history.
Story and recording Vilna GhettoYisrolik
Leyb Rosenthal and Misha Veksler's portrait of a child who refuses to break.
Story and recording Auschwitz memoryFreedom Tango
A song carried through Polish, Yiddish and Russian histories.
Story and recordingThe music is an entrance to the history.
Each full encyclopedia entry preserves authorship notes, historical sources and the recording.