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Yiddish resistance song: Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn/ We Will Outlive Them (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago by gedaliyah to c/jewish

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Today is 13 days, which is 1 week and 6 days of the Omer.

It is also Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

During World War II, Jews of Lublin were rounded up by soldiers and taken to a field. "Dance. Sing and dance for us," they were instructed. No one sang, until one person began: "Lomir zikh iberbetn...." Let's all get along. No one followed. Another voice offered the same tune with different words: "Mir veln zey iberlebn." We will outlive them.

Our resistance song comes from that night. It's not uncomplicated. So many of us did not, have not, outlived. But this is a slogan of determination. It's a love note to every person working to make the 'we' who will outlive them bigger and fuller and stronger.

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[–] gedaliyah 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are the downvotes from people against remembering the Holocaust, or people against resisting Nazis?

[–] glimse 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I want to preface this by saying I did not downvote your post and that I have a lot of love for Jewish people (I grew up in a very Jewish town). Please don't take my response as an attack, I am not here to argue. This is just my opinion on the answer to your question here:

People are probably downvoting it because they're misplacing their anger. I am not absolving them of that but after months of civilian bombings, I can understand why someone's gut reaction to "Yiddish resistance song" is negative. My initial interpretation was that the resistance being referenced was related to Gaza - I know it's not, but when I think of a Judaism and oppression, my first thought is no longer the Holocaust.

The Israeli government is really fucking over Jews all across the world by association and it sucks.