I was watching a very touching program on Auschwitz yesterday, and in which there was a song based on the words written on a cell wall by a young Jewish woman. The song was sung in Hebrew (I assume) with english subtitles, and one of the subtitles was a plea to the “Mother of God”. 
I don’t think this is referring to the Virgin Mary because as far as I know Mary is not part of Judaism, so I’m curious what the phrase means to Jews. Can anyone enlighten me?
Are you sure she was Jewish? Not everyone in the concentration camps were.
The phrase has no meaning in Judaism as the concept of a “Mother of God” is absolutely foreign.
Zev Steinhardt
Thanks Zev, I automatically assumed it was a Jewish. As it turns out, I was mistaken.
With more research, I found the scoop. The song was Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, mvt II composed by Henryk Gorecki and was likely sung in Polish.
The words in question were written by Helena Wanda Blazusiakowna, which were inscribed on the wall of a Gestapo cell in Zakopane.
Another site lists the translation as:
Mother, no, do not cry,
Queen of Heaven most chaste
Help me always.
Hail Mary.
Which obviously is Roman Catholic.