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Lili Marlene
Liel Leibovitz
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Description for Lili Marlene
Hardcover. The dramatic story of an iconic love song, its three creators, and their lives under the Nazis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AV; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
"Lili Marlene," the unlikely anthem of World War II, cut across front lines and ideological divides, uniting soldiers across the globe. This love song, telling the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield, began as a poem written by a German solider during World War I. The soldier-poet's words found their way to Berlin's decadent cabaret scene in the 1930s, where they were set to music by one of Hitler's favored composers. The song's singer, however, soon found herself torn between her desire for fame and a personal hatred of the Nazi regime. ... Read more
"Lili Marlene," the unlikely anthem of World War II, cut across front lines and ideological divides, uniting soldiers across the globe. This love song, telling the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield, began as a poem written by a German solider during World War I. The soldier-poet's words found their way to Berlin's decadent cabaret scene in the 1930s, where they were set to music by one of Hitler's favored composers. The song's singer, however, soon found herself torn between her desire for fame and a personal hatred of the Nazi regime. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393065848
SKU
V9780393065848
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About Liel Leibovitz
Liel Leibovitz is host of Tablet’s daily Talmud podcast Take One and cohost of the Unorthodox podcast. Author of A Broken Hallelujah and Stan Lee and coauthor of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, he lives in New York City. Matthew Milleris the co-author of Lili Marlene: The Soldiers’ Song of World War II. He lives in New York.
Reviews for Lili Marlene
"A fascinating story. Lively and well-informed, this book tells it all, with lots of attention to the travails of those involved."
Atlantic Monthly "Not even the most iconic of songs necessarily deserves its very own biography, but in the case of that Second World War classic, "Lili Marlene," dear to soldiers and civilians on both sides, there really is ... Read more
Atlantic Monthly "Not even the most iconic of songs necessarily deserves its very own biography, but in the case of that Second World War classic, "Lili Marlene," dear to soldiers and civilians on both sides, there really is ... Read more