Igor S. Korntayer

Igor S. Korntayer (Yiddish: ס. קאָרנטײער, born 1890s, murdered in Auschwitz c. 1942) was a Polish Jewish actor, lyricist, poet, and coupletist.[1] He is best known for the Yiddish Tango song Vu ahin zol ikh geyn? (Where Shall I Go?), for which he is usually credited for writing new Yiddish lyrics.[2]

  1. ^ Zylbercweig, Zalmen; Mestel, Jacob (1931). Leḳsiḳon fun Yidishn ṭeaṭer vol 5 (in Yiddish). Nyu Yorḳ : Elisheva. pp. 4258–9.
  2. ^ Turkow, Jonas; Raykh, Teofila (1948). Azoy iz es geṿen ḥurban Ṿarshe (in Yiddish). Buenos Aires: Tsenṭral-farband fun Poylishe Yidn in Argenṭine. p. 205.