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Lili Marlene : the soldiers' song of World War II / Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller

By:

Leibovitz, Liel

Contributor(s):

Miller, Matthew, , 1979 -

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2009Description: 248 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780393065848

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

784.5 LEI

Incomplete contents:

Underneath the lantern -- A harsh, primitive voice -- Song of a young sentry -- "Bombs! Bombs! Bombs!" -- Radio Belgrade -- "A small piece of home" -- "Can the wind explain why it becomes a storm?" -- "We're the D-Day Dodgers" -- "Your train is going to Berlin" -- "The gravity of the situation" -- "My sweet Lili, the war is over"-- Epilogue.

Summary: "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. In a gripping and suspenseful narrative, the three artists' remarkable stories of arrests and close calls intertwine with the recollections of soldiers on all sides who fought their way through deserts and towns, seeking solace and finding hope in "Lili Marlene."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	784.5 LEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		045601

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"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. In a gripping and suspenseful narrative, the three artists' remarkable stories of arrests and close calls intertwine with the recollections of soldiers on all sides who fought their way through deserts and towns, seeking solace and finding hope in "Lili Marlene."

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