"What sometimes gets forgotten amid the myriad horrors of the #Shoah (Hebrew for #Holocaust) is the systematic obliteration of entire cultures. #Shtetls (#Yiddish for 'small towns') with predominantly, or entirely, #Jewish populations were scattered across the east. In a world in which pogroms might flare up and result in massacres, these communities provided relative security out of which all kinds of cultural expression might flourish. Core to them was often a rich #musical life, with the #violin at its core. This playlist seeks to commemorate that heritage."

https://www.rabbitroom.com/post/shtetl-jewish-europe-s-eradicated-east-5-1-classical-playlist-36