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Yoel L. Arbeitman asks:
>Totally agreed. But why, Robert, do you mention Kalman? I have always
>heard the Lehar was der Fuehrer's favorite.
I did some internet research and I found this URL
http://www.revolve.com.au/polemic/race.html
where I read:
"Emmerich Kalman was a composer of many successful Viennese
operettas of the 1920s and early 1930s. Despite being Jewish,
Kalman was encouraged by the Nazi regime to remain in Austria,
an event mentioned in program notes provided by The Australian
Opera to accompany their 1987 production of his best known work,
Countess Maritza. As recalled by his daughter, Yvonne Kalman
(a Sydney resident), a General of the Third Reich offered Kalman
a 'strange privilege'. The offer was made under the personal
direction of Hitler, who was 'an ardent lover of Emmerich Kalman's
music'. Hitler wanted him to remain in Vienna as an 'honourary
Aryan', his Jewish background forgotten. When Kalman asked how
this could be guaranteed, the General replied: 'I guarantee it
with my life' to which Kalman replied: 'But who can guarantee
your life?'"
I sell this as expensive as I bought it.
Robert
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