Songs from Dunawerke & Vilna

Songs from Dunawerke & Vilna 

Introduced and performed by Lily Mazur Margules. Includes songs from Vilna ghetto, Dunawerke, Stuthoff concentration camp, and Stuttgart labor camp. A side: 1)"In a shtetl shteyt a shtib" (AKA"Bay dem shtet"). Text: Zalmen Rozental; Music: Moyshe Oysher. 2) Polish lullaby"Senek I Drzemot" (AKA"Chodził senek i drzemot"). Text: Teofil Lenartowicz. 3)"Reyzele" Text & melody: Leyb Rozental. 4) Russian song (title, text unclear). 5)"Di Krenits" Text: Itsik Fefer; music: Motl Polianski; 6)"Marynark" (AKA"Pięciu chłopców z Albatros"). Text and melody: Feliks Konarski. 7)"Shtiler, shtile" (Vilna ghetto song). Text: Shmerke Kaczerginski; melody: Alex Wolkowiski. 8)"Shoyn genu" (Vilna ghetto or Dünawerke camp song; here recited as a poem). Text: Ida Grodzianovski; music: Polish folk song. 9)"Di shavli mam" (AKA"In a litvish derfl vay"; AKA"A yidish kin"; Shavli ghetto song, here recited as a poem.) Text: Khane Khaiten; music: Henech Kon. 10)"In dinaverk" (AKA"Dinaverker yid"; Dünawerke camp song). Text: Tosia (according to Mazur-Margules; also attributed to sisters Rokhl Sarabski and Sara Kagan-Goldman); Music: unidentified Russian folk melody. Note: Mazur-Margules pauses and restarts song at 3rd verse. Note:"Tosi" variant concludes with"zionis" stanza. 11)"Frilin" (AKA"Ven s'komt der frilin"). Text: Tosia; melody: Lily [Mazur-Margules]. Text also attributed to Rokhl Sarabski and Sara Kagan-Goldman; Music: unknown. 12)"Mir zaynen geshtrayft" Poem by Tosia (recited). 13)"Reklames" Poem by Tosia (recited). 14)"Viln" (refrain only). Text: Wolfson; Music: Olshanetsky. B side: Mazur-Margules repeats certain songs (with added commentary) from side A for better sound quality. Gila Flam and a third party are also audible on this side. 1)"In dinaverk" (A-10); 2)"Mir zaynen geshtrayf" (A-12); interrupted, recommenced); 3)"Frilin" (A-11). Interview section followed by some pop songs and the theme from the New World Symphony (tape likely reused, these should be excised). 

For more information refer to USHMM Oral History with Lily Margules at https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504644