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Mordechai Gebirtig

Born: 4th April 1877, Krakow, Poland

Died: 4th June 1942, Kracow Ghetto, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Mordechai Gebirtig (Yiddish: מרדכי געבירטיג‎), born Mordecai Bertig was an influential Yiddish 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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