Lotte Grünfeld Heimann: Holocaust Story in 100 Years of Songs

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Holocaust survivor Lotte Grünfeld Heimann sings songs from her childhood in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German.

Songs in Yiddish:

"Dos iz a sud derbay" (Perlmutter, Schorr; from the operetta "Kay un shpay"; NY, 1920s)
"Tsvelf shlogt dokh shoyn der zeyger" (folksong)
"Di zelner" AKA "Oyf di grine felder" (adapted from a WWI Ukrainian folksong)
"Bay mir bistu sheyn" (Secunda, Jacobs)
"Zug farvus" (Secunda, Jacobs)