Mamele - A Kovno Ghetto Song - מאמאלע - שיר מגטו קובנה

Music - Percy Haid, Recording by USHMM Washington DC. This tango was written in the Kovno Ghetto by Percy Haid. Haid was born in Riga and was a famous pianist in Pre-war Lithuania. In the Ghetto Orchestra he was responsible for the orchestration and adaptation of many songs to the right format. He also composed original music which was played many times in the Ghetto concerts. Haid survived the ghetto and Dachau, and emigrated to Chicago, where he continued his musical carreer. The photos here were mostly taken by Hirsch Kadushin, the Kovno ghetto photographer. The first frame depicts the Hofmekler Band in Pre-war Kaunas, and the last one, of the 9th fort memorial, was taken by me. May this clip commemorate the brave people who were imprisoned in the Kovno Ghetto, and the wonderful music they managed to play during their incarceration. חיבר - פרסי הייד מחברי ה