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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