D. Pokrass and V. Lebedev-Kumach

Jewish composer Dmitry Pokrass and poet Vasily Lebedev-Kuchma (left), 1939. Jewish composers among the authors of legendary Soviet war songs that boost the morale of the Soviet soldiers and population. Together with his brother D. Pokrass composed a lot of popular war songs including “March of the Soviet Tankmen” (set to lyrics by Boris Laskin)