Yiddish Glory: Tulchin (Sophie Milman, vocals)

Tulchin. Lyrics by Yosef Broverman, who was 12 years old when he wrote this song in 1942 while a prisoner at the Pechora concentration camp. This song is a rare balled of destruction, written during the killings of 1942. It documents the tragedy of Tulchin, a small Ukrainian town which lost its entire pre-war Jewish population during World War II. The song testifies to violence, cruelty, hunger, hopelessness and devastation. it visualizes countess orphans, all destined to be killed in Pechora, the nearby ghetto/camp where thousands were bused and starved to death during the war.