Talila & Ensemble de Kol Aviv "Mayn Shtetele Belz"

The Yiddish song "Beltz, Mayn Shtetele" is a moving evocation of a happy childhood spent in a shtetl. Originally this song was composed for a town which bears a similarly sounding name in Yiddish (belts), called Bălţi in Moldovan/Romanian, and is located in Bessarabia (presently the Moldova Republic). Later interpretations may have had Belz (Ukraine) in mind, though. The song has special significance in Holocaust history, as a 16 year old playing the song was overheard by an SS guard at Auschwitz extermination camp, who then forced them to repeatedly play it repeatedly to ease the moods of Jews being herded into the gas chambers.

The song was writen by Jacob Jacobs (1890-1972) and composed by Alexander Olshanetsky (1892-1946).

Видео Talila & Ensemble de Kol Aviv "Mayn Shtetele Belz" канала Luft Mensz