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have remained and become a symbol of the ghetto in-
mates’ experiences, their love, bitterness, hope and de-
spair. The ironic tone of these songs allowed them to
drive away the shadow of death. Today they teach em-
pathy better than any other texts, and perhaps, when
listened to, they merge with the anxiety as to whether
we are able to comprehend this kind of experience.

yankele Herszkowicz 1941
(photograph by
Mendel Grossman)
courtesy of the State
Archive in Łódź

80 Tomasz Majewski