Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II

Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II

July 21, 2026

Musical Archaeology Listening Post 396. Holocaust narratives in literature, film and music originate largely from Central and Western Europe. During World War II the Nazis also penetrated 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) into the Soviet Union, in the process murdering...
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II

May 3, 2018

To Life! Listening Post 148. The song Shpatsir in Vald (A Walk in the Forest) has everything—poignant dialogue between lovers about to be separated by war, a dulcet Russian waltz melody and the spellbinding voice of Sophie Milman (video 1). The lyrics were penned in...