The lyrics of the song “Toyte Goyes in Shineln” (“Dead women in greatcoats”) are by the poet Itzik Feffer who belonged to the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) and was murdered by Stalin’s decree in 1952.
The original poem is in Yiddish, a language related to German and was used by Jews in Easter...
Toyte goyes in shineln
Oygn groye, shtiker ayz
Oyf di heldzer – nit keyn kreln
Shnirlekh layz
Nit dervart zikh oyf keyn tsugn
Toyte goyes in shineln
On farnakhtn, on fartogn
Oysgevalgerte bay shveln
Groye rusishe vokzaln
In a vinter in a heln
Klumkes, zeklekh, peklekh, shpaln
Toyte goyes in shineln
On farnakhtn, on fartogn
Oysgevalgerte bay shveln
Nit dervart zikh oyf keyn tsugn
Toyte goyes in shineln