Re: Zog Nit Keyn Mol! Tikkun Toes

[sylvia schildt <creativa...>]

In my varied readings, it came in response to despondency resulting from the
arrest and death of Itzik Wittenberg, and was unconnected with the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising. I will inquire further with a few experts and report back.


Sylvia Schildt
Baltimore Maryland


on 3/31/04 4:33 PM, David Kaufman at 73501(dot)3677 (at) compuserve(dot)com 
wrote:

> Zog Nit Keyn Mol actually was inspired by the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
> Apparently it was written the same day  that news reached Glick and others
> in Vilna of the uprising's start in Warsaw. So to call it Song of the
> Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is not inappropriate.
> 
> David Kaufman
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