Moments of Hope

Mordecai Gebirtig

1940

Jews, let us be cheerful!
It won’t be long, don’t fear—
The war will soon be over.
Their end is very near.
Cheerful, don’t you worry.
Don’t go around so sad.
Have both hope and patience—
Bear things and be glad.
Only hope and patience.
Don’t let them out of hand.
Our ancient weapons
Help us together band.
Revel, dance, you butchers.
It won’t be…
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Creator Bio

Mordecai Gebirtig

1877–1942

Yiddish poet and composer Mordecai Gebirtig was born in Kraków, Poland. He fought in World War I, worked as an actor, and published songs in the newspaper of the Jewish Social Democratic Party of Galicia. Gebirtig published his first collection of songs, Folkstimlekh, in 1920. Gebirtig is perhaps most famous for his song “S’brent,” written in 1938 following the pogrom in Przytyk. Gebirtig and his family were interned in the Kraków ghetto in 1942, and he was killed while in transit to Belzec concentration camp.

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