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Yiddish Glory: Riga

This composition was first performed by Haim Kotliar, who fled Riga in 1941, just before the city was occupied by the Nazis, and describes the treacherous journey east to Cheboksary. The song mentions the key city of Apé, 175km northeast of Riga (a 36 hour walk from the Latvian capital), which had a station where evacuees could board trains heading east. It also describes how Jewish refugees were given shelter by teachers in a local school before being able to catch a train to Cheboksary. A 1935 census revealed that 11.2% (43,479) of Riga's population (388,000) was Jewish, but only 10,000 were able to evacuate before the Nazi occupation. Riga had the largest Jewish community in Latvia. During the Holocaust, 70,000 Latvian Jews were murdered (over 75% of the pre-war population). Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The date of June 27, 1941 was mentioned in this song. That is when all institutions of Soviet power fled the city of Riga, which was overrun the by Nazis just a few days later, on July 1, 1941. "Riga" Words: Haim Kotliar Music: Isaac Lyuban Arranged by Beth Silver YIDDISH GLORY Created by Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko Psoy Korolenko Vocals Beth Silver Cello Eric Abramovitz Clarinet Emily Kruspe Violin Yolanda Bruno Violin Catherine Gray Viola Dan Rosenberg Executive producer Eli Jany English translations Beth Silver Arranger, Musical director Based on the research of Professor Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto Special thanks to Olga Antimony, Gregory Antimony and the Ethnic Channels Group for filming this video, and to the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council for their generous support of this project