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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 Polish Jewish 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.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Gebirtig
