With Dutch singers from before and after World War II: Bob Scholte | Sylvain Poons | Lin Jaldati. Producer: Cobie Ivens
I. Hijman (Bob) Scholte († 1983), timing: 16:43 min.
He was a Jewish-Dutch singer, born in Amsterdam in 1902. In 1931 Scholte joined the AVRO. He was a regular contributor to the Bonte Dinsdagavondtrein and for many years the AVRO ended the broadcast day with his song Goedenacht en welterusten. During the Second World War Bob Scholte survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. His two children and the rest of his family did not survive the war. After the war Scholte resumed his career with mainly Jewish songs. One of the many awards that Bob Scholte received was the Golden Harp (1966).
CD. Bouquetje viooltjes – Bob Scholte. LABEL: Fonos (1980), code: LP-4164. VIDEO
II. Sylvain Poons (†1985), timing: 23:52 min.
He was a Dutch actor and singer. As the son of singer Salomon Poons and actress Elise van Biene, the young Sylvain Poons was more or less destined for the stage. Sylvain made his debut as an extra in 1912 with the company of Guus Colnot of the Schouwburg. During World War II he was part of the Jewish Kleinkunstensemble that performed in the Hollandse Schouwburg in Amsterdam. As a singer he made a name for himself in 1958 with the song De Zuiderzeeballade. He also recorded duets with Heintje Davids, including Hebben ik zo zo van je hou. After that his records mainly contained Jewish songs.
CD. Het ouwe trouwe wijsje – Sylvain Poons. LABEL: Fonos (1997), code: CD-81487. VIDEO
III. Lin Jaldati († 1988), timing: 18:34 min.
Pseudonym of Rebekka Brilleslijper was a Dutch-German-Jewish resistance fighter, survivor of the Holocaust. In 1930 Lin Jaldati danced with the Dutch Ballet and in 1934 she worked on several major revues. From 1938 she performed as a solo singer and dancer with the pianist Eberhard Rebling, her later husband. In February 1943 she and her husband rented a detached house, where they provided shelter to Jewish people in hiding. In 1944, however, they were betrayed and were transported to Westerbork camp together with her sister Janny and interned in the punishment barracks. In 1952 Lin emigrated with her husband and two daughters to East Berlin. In the GDR she was for a long time the only interpreter of Yiddish music. In 2022, the municipality of Amsterdam named bridge 253 (on the Nieuwe Prinsengracht) after her and her sister.
CD. Jiddische Lieder – Lin Jaldati. LABEL: Deutschlandfunk 0193-2. VIDEO
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