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Mordechai Gebirtig

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Yiddish writer (1877-1942)

WritersLived 1877 to 1942 · aged 65
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Mordechai Gebirtig, born Mordecai Bertig, was an influential Polish Jewish poet and songwriter of the interwar period. He was shot by Germans in the Kraków Ghetto, occupied Poland, during the Holocaust.

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Portrait of GebirtigPortrait of GebirtigThe Ghetto Memory Trail, the intersection of Dąbrówki and Janowa Wola streets. Here in 1942 the Germans murdered Abraham Neumann and Mordechai Gebirtig.The Ghetto Memory Trail, the intersection of Dąbrówki and Janowa Wola streets. Here in 1942 the Germans murdered Abraham Neumann and Mordechai Gebirtig.A commemorative plaque on the tenement house where he lived.Kraków, Kazimierz5 Berka Joselewicza StreetA commemorative plaque on the tenement house where he lived.Kraków, Kazimierz5 Berka Joselewicza Street

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Mordechai Gebirtig, born Mordecai Bertig, was an influential Polish Jewish poet and songwriter of the interwar period. He was shot by Germans in the Kraków Ghetto, occupied Poland, during the Holocaust. A number of his Yiddish songs are sung to this day, including Es brent, Reyzele, Moyshele Mayn Fraynd, and Kinder Yorn.

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Lived 1877 to 1942 · aged 65
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