I was fascinated to read about the return to the stage of a 104 year old Dutch cabaret singer who is alleged to have performed for the Nazis including Adolf Hitler and visited Dachau.Simple morbid curiosity requires me to ask what this man can possibly offer to an audience these days?
I take it that a rendition of "Shake Rattle and Roll" was not on the program!
He must have something!
Apparently Johannes Heesters, born Johan, began his career in Amsterdam in the 1920s and moved to Germany in 1935, where he enjoyed a successful career.
These days I wonder if the curiosity is to see someone of this age manage to perform at all.
Interestingly the Allies apparently allowed him to keep performing after the war in-spite of allegations like:
"He kept singing for the Nazi regime, for the Wehrmacht, and he earned millions," said Piet Schouten, representative of a committee formed to protest against Saturday's performance.
"We have a problem with that on behalf of all the victims," he told national broadcaster NOS.
The world is a strange place and filled with even stranger stories!
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