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Shtil, Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshternt
"Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt" ("Quiet, the Night is Full of Stars"; yi, שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט) or "Partizaner lid" ("Partisan Song") is a Yiddish song written in summer 1942 by Hirsh Glick, a young Jewish inmate of the Vilna Ghetto. It is set to a Russian folk melody. It is a love song that starts with conventional lyrics about a quiet night and sky full of stars, but quickly turns to the realities of war. The song is addressed to a beautiful woman who succeeded in ambushing a Nazi convoy. The song celebrates Vitka Kempner, a Jewish partisan, and her successful attack, an act of sabotage, on a German train in the Vilnius sector. It was the first attack by the Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye (FPO), organization of Jewish partisans from the Vilna Ghetto. Kempner and Itzik Matskevich threw a hand grenade at the convoy damaging it. The snow and frost mentioned in the lyrics are poetic liberties as the attack occurred in summer 1942. The so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shtil, Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshternt
"Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt" ("Quiet, the Night is Full of Stars"; yi, שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט) or "Partizaner lid" ("Partisan Song") is a Yiddish song written in summer 1942 by Hirsh Glick, a young Jewish inmate of the Vilna Ghetto. It is set to a Russian folk melody. It is a love song that starts with conventional lyrics about a quiet night and sky full of stars, but quickly turns to the realities of war. The song is addressed to a beautiful woman who succeeded in ambushing a Nazi convoy. The song celebrates Vitka Kempner, a Jewish partisan, and her successful attack, an act of sabotage, on a German train in the Vilnius sector. It was the first attack by the Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye (FPO), organization of Jewish partisans from the Vilna Ghetto. Kempner and Itzik Matskevich threw a hand grenade at the convoy damaging it. The snow and frost mentioned in the lyrics are poetic liberties as the attack occurred in summer 1942. The so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |