"Unser Shtetl Brennt!” An evening of Yiddish songs & stories with Guy Schons
Schedule
Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC+02:00Location
88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, 8001 Cape Town, South Africa | Cape Town, WC
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The South African Jewish Museum, with the support of Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, invites you to an evening of Yiddish songs in the iconic Old Shul, performed by Luxembourgish singer and historian Guy Schons.“Unser Shtetl Brennt!” (our little town is burning) is the title of a song written by the well-known Jewish author Mordechai Gebirtig in 1938, when houses in the Jewish quarter of Krakow were set on fire. The Yiddish songs that Schons will perform focus primarily on the precarious living conditions of the Jews in Eastern Europe, resistance to National Socialism and the Holocaust. Before performing each song, Schons will explain its meaning and context in English.
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88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, 8001 Cape Town, South Africa, 109 Hatfield St, Cape Town, 8001, South AfricaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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