Lin Jaldati

Lin Jaldati
Lin Jaldati
Born	13 December 1912; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	31 August 1988 (aged 75); East Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Singer
Spouse(s)	Eberhard Rebling
Children	Jalda Rebling, Kathinka Bosch
Relatives	Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper (sister)

Lin Jaldati (13 December 1912 – 31 August 1988) was a Dutch-born, East German-based Yiddish singer. She was a Holocaust survivor, and one of the last people to see Anne Frank. After the war she published an article, "Memories of Anne Frank," in Joachim Hellwig and Gunther Deicke's book, A Diary for Anne Frank. A self-professed socialist, she performed in Yiddish in Russia, China, North Korea and Vietnam from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Life and career

Lin Jaldati was born on 13 December 1912 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] During World War II, she was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the Auschwitz concentration camp, and she survived.[1] She was one of the last people to see Anne Frank.[1]

Jaldati was a Yiddish singer.[2] She performed in Moscow in the later 1950s.[1] By 1965, she performed in China and North Korea.[1] She performed in Indonesia, Thailand, India and Vietnam in the 1970s.[1]

Jaldati was married to Eberhard Rebling, a German pianist and musicologist who emigrated to the Netherlands in 1936.[1] They had two daughters, Kathinka (born 1941) and Jalda Rebling (born 1951).[3] From 1952, they resided in East Berlin.[1] She was a proponent of socialism.[1]

Death

Jaldati died on 31 August 1988 in East Berlin, Germany.

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References

Schneer, David (July 12, 2011). "When Yiddish Came to North Korea". Forward. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
Wood, Abigail (2013). And we're all brothers : singing in Yiddish in contemporary North America. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. p. 106. ISBN 9781409445333. OCLC 812018049.
Ostow, Robin (1989). Jews in Contemporary East Germany: The Children of Moses in The Land of Marx. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780312031183. OCLC 19267374.

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[forwardwhenyiddish-1] Schneer, David (July 12, 2011). "When Yiddish Came to North Korea". Forward. Retrieved June 21, 2016.

[andwereallbrothers-2] Wood, Abigail (2013). And we're all brothers : singing in Yiddish in contemporary North America. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. p. 106. ISBN 9781409445333. OCLC 812018049.

[jewsincontemporary-3] Ostow, Robin (1989). Jews in Contemporary East Germany: The Children of Moses in The Land of Marx. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780312031183. OCLC 19267374.