"Bergen-Belsen Moje" taken from the CD Songs from the Depths of Hell, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways.
Music from the Camps
Topical Song
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Bergen Belsen Moje
Written by an unknown prisoner and based on the melody of a Slovakian folk song, 'Bergen-Belsen Moje' (Bergen-Belsen mine) was sung by inmates of that camp in 1945. The bleak lyrics describe their resignation and despair in the face of suffering and inevitable death.