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About Mordkhe (Mordechai) Gebirtig
Mordkhe (Mordechai) Gebirtig was born Markus Bertig in Kraków on 4 May 1877, and is one of the best known Yiddish poets. He trained as a carpenter, but his true passion was the theater. He published his first book of poetry in 1920, and made many of his poems into songs.