Piano/Vocals: Zog Nit Keyn Mol / זאָג ניט קיין מאָל / Never Say

[@Lyudovik1917]

For anyone wondering, This song was an anti-Nazi Jewish resistance song. It has become an anthem of the Holocaust survivors.

[@Copy-x2k]

Thabk you for your information

[@glassesguy4086]

i didn't know that, thanks for the info!

[@Lyudovik1917]

@@glassesguy4086 It is actually really sad. (Well, obviously.) but Jewish prisoners who escaped the camps would often fight as partisans (Especially in the forest around Wilno) or join the Soviet lines to fight the Germans. While they would have been treated decently in Jewish partisan organizations, many ended up suffering even more anti-Semitism and suffering in the Soviet army and Soviet partisans. It is something we must never forget. The bravery of those who escaped and didn't hide to live out their lives, but put themselves at risk of capture and certain death, yet still fought forwards. People who deny these events must be shamed.

[@glassesguy4086]

@@Lyudovik1917 oh i didn't actually know that either, and i agree with your last statement. i should educate myself more on the subject matter (it's not really a big thing that we learn about where i am).

[@Lyudovik1917]

@@glassesguy4086 Haha, all I learn in the UK is about a sad pile of rocks on a hill and one random guy with some gold on his head. I use Wikipedia and KZbin to learn mostly.

[@limeboiler]

Jewish man here. My grandparents were in the German trade unions when the Nazis took over in 1933, I do wonder what they'd think, seeing this song they probably heard a billion times already still up on the air in 2021? You're an example to us all, Jack :)

[@datfisheboi6519]

This song never fails to make me tear up... A song of hope and defiance, in one of the most bleak and seemingly hopeless situations in history. Yiddish resistance songs are some of the most beautiful

[@zach64038]

Perfect time to do it with Passover :) I remember suggesting this a while back, really glad to see it! You've got a ton of talent and it's amazing to hear this song from you, one of my favorites as a Jew.

[@gabrielchristy7341]

סאָלידאַרישקײַט חבר!

[@GC-nd1lp]

Nice!! This is one of my favorite Yiddish songs. Good job, it was interesting hearing it in English as well.

[@zimmerwald1915]

"But 'twas a people mid the burning barricades/That sang this song of ours with pistols and grenades."

[@AT-ng9ju]

Love this verse - did you come up with it or is it from another version of the song? If the former, do you mind if I use it in something I’m writing?

[@zimmerwald1915]

@@AT-ng9ju it's another version I heard somewhere, I don't remember where. Even if I had come up with it, though, I'd say feel free.

[@chaimifrah7513]

Incredible comrade! Absolutely beautiful, the strength and will of the oppressed never ceases to amaze me. Revolution will soon come.

[@copeypastov3976]

This is one of the most powerful songs I ever heard and I can't believe I didn't know about it before today. Thanks for playing it!

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

Honestly, as a Jew this song is so fucking moving dude.

[@ArkenTheAmerikan]

This song is incredible, and this rendition of it even more so. It's a mix of tragic hymn and heroic march that's difficult to put into words. I'd love to see a version of this that's just piano.

[@SirAroace]

wish you give a little history of the songs in the description

[@zach64038]

This song was sung by Jewish partisan groups after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, particularly the Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye who were based in the forests outside of Vilna/Vilnius/Wilno. Written by Hirsch Glick who would later on be killed by the Nazis.

[@sohamray1864]

Songs of the Jewish community always have so much pathos! And you managed to convey it brilliantly, as always. Would you consider covering the song Hum Dekhenge, composed by the Pakistani Marxist poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz? It was widely sung during the protests against the CAA-NRC acts in India in 2020.

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

You have no idea how happy i am that you've finally allowed me to put a word to the sonic quality that defines Jewish music, "Pathos" is the perfect word. The melancholic tones mixed with triumphant lyrics of uprising and survival, it's so unique and I thank you for adding this word to my vocabulary.

[@jackkolb737]

I've known this song for many years now and I always find myself coming back to it. This song with its powerful message has helped me through some really tough times and I think you play this song with so much emotion and so much power! Thanks so much for this !

[@t-brick]

Amazing song like always. Keep up the great work.

[@sabotabby3372]

Live so that one day we may overcome our oppressors Fight so that one day the world may be free of these horrors

[@radicalrazel9156]

can you please do boyen barikadn/tates mames kinderlekh? btw your yiddish pronunciation is pretty good! (one tiny nitpick: the kh sound has more air in it, but other than that, great pronunciation!)

[@borisackermanvaisman7064]

La mejor versión que he escuchado

[@MA-hq6yv]

damn that's powerful

[@masterchief_draw1008]

It feels a bit weird to say it as a german But I love this song. It just sounds beautiful. And the mix of the languages just makes it even better in my opinion. You deserve more subscribers. You are such a good pianist.

[@ElephasXFalconeri]

Your profile pic is way weirder than you being german and loving this song

[@angelpotatogirl2218]

This is great

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

I listen to this song and I hug my Uzi tight. Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Kahaneman, while visiting Rome, asked his driver to stop by the Arch of Titus. His driver said it was late and they should simply go home, but the rabbi insisted, the driver obliged and took him. When they arrived the Rabbi stood by the Arch, and defiantly cried out in Yiddish "Titus Titus! Vu bist du!?" "Titus Titus! Where are you!?" I hear this song and all I can muster is: "Hitler Hitler! Vu bist du!?"

[@histori6259]

Hardcore

[@yopassthefuckinsalt922]

Could you explain it? I don't know what's the context

[@alexmiller3349]

@@yopassthefuckinsalt922 Titus fought the jewish rebellion of year 66, and later expelled almost everyone into galut. but how Titus ended with the entirety of Roman empire, and where are the jews now?

[@thelastemuhunter1868]

Titus in the end lost and they empire he served lies in ruins. The diaspora is over and the Jewish people triumphed.

[@Mikesman1000]

My great grandma knew this one in Russian, but time took it's part. At least I know this in Hebrew and Yiddish.

[@SergeiFeinschmidt]

То не тучи - грозовые облака По-над Тереком на кручах залегли; Кличут трубы молодого казака, Пыль седая встала облаком вдали. Оседлаю я горячего коня, Крепко сумы приторочу в перемет. "Встань, казачка молодая, у плетня, Проводи меня до солнышка в поход." Скачут сотни из-за Терека-реки, Под копытами дороженька дрожит. Едут с песней молодые казаки - В Красной Армии Республике служить. Газыри лежат рядами на груди, Стелет ветер голубые башлыки. Красный маршал Ворошилов, погляди На казачьи богатырские полки. В наших сотнях все джигиты на подбор - Ворошиловские меткие стрелки; Встретят вражескую конницу в упор Наши острые каленые клинки.

[@ddhmarcus2968]

being part jewish this makes me feel good

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

Is it your mom or your dad? If it's your mom you're actually fully Jewish as Judaism is matrilineal😊

[@leontrotsky8676]

@@pan-semitistcommunist4181 I always see it as they are just as Jewish as any of the rest of us regardless of which parent, because Hitler wouldn't have cared which one.

[@thelastemuhunter1868]

@@leontrotsky8676 It does matter in many ways as there is a tendency from people who are barely Jewish aside from a bit of blood to talk about Jewish affairs they have no knowledge on.

[@martalaatsch8358]

@@pan-semitistcommunist4181 pan-semitic communism sounds like a great ideology

[@ShonenXIV]

You're a man of many talents! I love you singing in different languages. Have you ever played 'Heart of Oak?' Keep doing what you love for years to come! Music will never die! Love from England!

[@liamg9093]

Is that not an old British Navy song?

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

Black N' Tan spotted👀

[@ShonenXIV]

@@liamg9093 Well, I did say I'm from England tbf

[@ShonenXIV]

​@@pan-semitistcommunist4181 *raises hands* Damn it...you got me...not a fan that cocktail. Jk

[@DrAnarchy69]

Classic song for all my fellow Antifascist Jews out there.

[@Blazeit-rj3eb]

All my great-grandfathers fought in the war, if I'm not incorrect. One of my great-great-grandfathers was too old and everyone told him to just go, but he was a true follower of communism and for most of his life stayed true to it even when it was very easy to get a large bribe and help the family. He insisted on staying and he was placed as a member of SMERSH and overlooked the supplies and back lines in some areas. My grandmother's father's army was surrendered to the Germans, and he had to adopt a name of a dead soldier, as our family was Jewish, to stay alive. If I understand correctly, he escaped and got back after some time being imprisoned by the Soviets.

[@rebbecawitt581]

Thank you so much for this, I teared up

[@ethandole2218]

this is incredibly inspiring and powerful as always, I kinda wanna go cry now

[@ochir4361]

It actually does vi a parol fun dor tsu dor!

[@gabo3263]

If you had a spanish version of the lyrics. Would you play it? I have a translation. Could I share it with you?

[@nelitogorostiza16]

Es una "traducción oficial"?

[@gabo3263]

@@nelitogorostiza16 Es una traduccion que escribi, creo que se aproxima a la letra original.

[@spooks4772]

wow! this is amazing man, I like this song you chose, I never heard it prior to now, but it's amazing! Actually, I want to know what's your technique for making these songs into piano versions. What do you do first and what are all the other steps? I wanna give it a go and see how well it works for me.

[@broodbassoon105]

The souls of the Holocaust will be avenged...sooner or later

[@TheEDBShow]

Wonderful! Would you ever consider doing “Joe Hill”?

[@grantm3332]

He has

[@uhtmilk5032]

good for purim recovery.

[@WoodWindsOfChange]

I think it would be really meaningful if you sang it how the original was sung in Yiddish

[@leftyer9102]

Would you consider doing covers of some Cornelius Cardew songs, he's a very underrated leftist musician, more so in that he's more well known for his earlier Avante-Garde work which he later rejected in favor of music directly supportive of working-class struggle. Somke of his best songs are Worker's Song, Smash the Social Contract, and Lords of Labour. Not originally by Cornelius Cardew but you should do Blackleg Miner, it's an old British folk song that's incredibly based.

[@hyperion3145]

Sounds like a Walk to Caesarea

[@GdAVdeC]

👍❤️😍🤩

[@-cheddarcheese]

Full English version maybe?

[@ochir4361]

What he sung is Paul Robeson's translation, which only included two verses.

[@martalaatsch8358]

I speak German, it's only a little bit harder to understand than Dutch just from similarities

[@gabrielchristy7341]

Leshone toyve Khaverim.

[@thestranger6554]

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