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  • Jews Fined for Singing 'Ani Maamin' at Auschwitz

    08/03/2014 8:56:03 AM PDT · by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis · 42 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 8-3-14 | Gil Ronen
    Guards at the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp memorial site shouted at Jews who sang “Ani Maamin” – a song based on lines from Rambam (Maimonides) which was known as the Hymn of the Camps – during a visit to the camp and fined their guide 1,000 zloty, or about $350. So says the guide, Rabbi Rafi Ostroff, who is also the head of the Etzion Bloc Religious Council. Ani Ma'amin has several tunes, one of which was composed by a Hassidic rabbi in the cattle cars en route to the Nazi concentration camps. The song was then adopted by other...