Cantor Israel Bakon - Z’miros L’Shabbos

Israel Bakon was the son of the famous cantor from Chrzanow Hirsh Leib Bakon. He lived in Poland and in Berlin. In 1938, after “Kristallnacht“, Israel, his wife and his little son Hirsh returned from Berlin to Kolbuszowa, Poland. During German occupation (1938) Israel and his family lived in Kolbuszowa and since September 1941 they were located in the Kolbuszowa ghetto. In 1943 Israel, his wife and his little son were murdered in Belzec. Israel recorded various records in Berlin in 1936 by Semer-records label of Hirsh Lewin. Hashem Yikom Damo. I am his nephew.