“Shalakhmones Hitlern”, by Yiddish Glory
About the song
“Shelakhmones Hitlern” (Purim Gifts for Hitler), a humorist song that makes fun of Hitler’s attempts to destroy Jewish people.
Performers: Yiddish Glory feat. Psoy Korolenko
Writer: Public Domain
Composer: Sergei Erdenko
About the album
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, an album produced in Toronto, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best World Music Album.
The awards ceremony on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles will reveal how it fares against four challengers: albums by Nigerian bandleaders Omara “Bombino” Moctar and Seun Kuti, Malian vocalist Fatoumata Diawara, and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
A recording backed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada might seem unusual in this field, but this one was actually 75 years in the making. Read More.
Album: The Lost Songs of World War II
℗ 2018 Yiddish Glory under license to Six Degrees Records
Released on: 2018-02-23