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Yiddish Plague Songs
Shalom Goldman
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· 30 Apr 2020
During the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, a Yiddish phrase "Menshen-fresser" (human-eater) emerged in response to the devastating impact of the disease, which was inaccurately named the Spanish flu.