Lin Jaldati

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Lin Jaldati
Henk Wanink 1930-1939 Lin Jaldati.jpg
Lin Jaldati (ca. 1938)
Born
Rebekka Brilleslijper

13 December 1912
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died31 August 1988(1988-08-31) (aged 75)
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
OccupationSinger
Spouse(s)Eberhard Rebling
ChildrenKathinka Rebling
Jalda Rebling
RelativesJanny Brandes-Brilleslijper (sister)

Lin Jaldati (born Rebekka Brilleslijper; 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 as Rebekka Brilleslijper on 13 December 1912 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the eldest of three children of Fijtje (née Gerritse) and Joseph Brilleslijper.[1] Her younger sister was Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper. Her sister called her Lientje. 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 Rebling (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.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Schneer, David (July 12, 2011). "When Yiddish Came to North Korea". Forward. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  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.
  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.
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