The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

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Songs of Holocaust and Heroism


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue Number103
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Cadenza Records
Record FormatCD
Shelf Number100012
Number of TracksN/A
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes These songs are a reflection of the conditions in the Ghettoes during the Holocaust. The restraint and lack of hysteria, the wry humor, the eternal hope which breathes from these lines, give them a unique poignancy which has earned them their place in modern Jewish folklore.

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Farvos Iz Der Himl
Composer(s) : Apeskin/ Soviet motiv
2 - Macn Tzu di Eigelech
Composer(s) : Spiegel/Bagelman
3 - Yiddish Kind
Composer(s) : Cheytin Weinstein
4 - Partizanen
Composer(s) : Kaczergynski
5 - Babi Yar
Composer(s) : Driz/Boyersky
6 - Vaisse Shtern
Composer(s) : Suckever/Brudno
7 - Zog Nit Kein Mol
Composer(s) : Glick/ folk song
8 - Rivkele
Composer(s) : Kaplan
9 - Unter di Poilishe Grininke Beymelech
Composer(s) : Papiernikov/Alter
10 - Nit Kein Rozinkes
Composer(s) : Shpigl/Beyglman
11 - S'Brent
Composer(s) : Gebirtig
12 - Rochele
Composer(s) : Botwinik
13 - Shich Tzurissen
Composer(s) : unknown
14 - Dremlen Feygl
Composer(s) : Rudnicki
15 - Yugnt Himen
Composer(s) : Kacergynski/Rubin