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Kaczerginsky, Shmerke

Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908–1954)

Title

Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908–1954)

Description

Shmerke Kaczerginski sorts through Jewish books in the YIVO building in Vilna during World War II. Courtesy of YIVO

Title

Kaczerginsky, Shmerke

Subject

(1908–1954)
Born: Vilna.
Poet-partisan-folklorist.
Killed in airplane crash in Argentina, 1952.
Handwritten: "Compiled over 300 Yiddish songs gathered [?] during the German occupation. A number of his lyrics were set to music at that time and were current as 'folk songs.'"
[From blue index, RG 620, box 30]

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Citation

“Kaczerginsky, Shmerke,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ataleoftwomuseums.yivo.org/items/show/2258.
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