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A Soviet Yiddish resistance song from the Great Patriotic War.
Translation note: A “Jewish bulgar” is a type of dance.
Performer: Psoy Korolenko (Псой Короленко), Alexander Sevastian (Александр Севастьян), Loyko (Лойко)
Year recorded: 2018
Lyricist: Kh. Urintsov (Х. Уринцов)
Year Written: 1945
Composer: Sergei Erdenko (Сергей Эрденко)
Year composed: 1947
Source: Album “Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of WWII”
Picture: The Bielski Partisans, a Jewish partisan group who fought against the Nazis and worked together with the Soviets in liberating Belarus.
One could almost argue that the Fascists invented a self‐fulfilling prophecy when they declared and treated Jews as their worst enemies. Because of the Fascists’ antisemitic atrocities, for many Jews joining or collaborating with the Allies was not simply a matter of patriotic duty. It was personal. That’s why I’m so fascinated with the testimonies from the Allies’ Jewish personnel and collaborators. The Western ruling class might not have given a damn about the atrocities, but these people most definitely did.
My heart goes out to these and the other 1.5+ million Jews who bravely fought back for the millions of their kindred who couldn’t.
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