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Original Hatikvah Broadcast - 1945 Bergen-Belson
This link will lead you to an incredible radio broadcast made on the day that the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated. On that Sabbath eve, those Jews who had remained alive sang a song of faith and hope for all the world to hear! Now you can hear it, too!
Scott Simon of National Public Radio presents a report on a unique and inspiring recording of the "Hatikva" made 61 years ago.
This was broadcast originally over the BBC in May 1945 when the British liberated Bergen-Belsen.
A British priest organized prayers for Kabbalat Shabbat for the portion of the survivors who were Jews, a celebration they would experience for the first time after 6 years of war and more than 10 years of persecution.
With a lot of effort the Jews organized themselves. They knew they were being recorded. They sang "Hatikva" to a world that had largely abandoned them to their fatef.
The original text is the orginal text as written by Naftali Imber.
Listen with your heart: Bergen-Belsen Hatikva
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Official credits are given with the recording. thanks to Dale for making it available to us.
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