Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (, 14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer (

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), immensely popular in

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and in the

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in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen

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s with songs in

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, as well as several albums with

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repertoire. Throughout her music career, she also recorded songs in the

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, and

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languages.

Family background and early life

Anna German was born in the town of

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(

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; then the

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of the

). Her mother, Irma Martens (1909—2007), was the child of

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-speaking

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with descendants from the Netherlands who exchanged

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for the area around the

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and on Empress

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's invitation came to live in the

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. Martens' mother Anna Friesen had been born in present-day

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. Later, the family settled in the

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. Martens' native language was a

variant with both German and Dutch influences. In the 1996 radio programme ''Spoor Terug'' on Dutch public broadcaster

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, Irma Martens said that she and her family identified as Dutch despite her Polish passport. Martens studied German in

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, but had to leave her village due to a lack of work as a teacher and instead moved to Redkaya Dubrava in

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. Due to

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, Martens fled to Uzbekistan, where she met Eugen Hörmann. Her accountant father, Eugen (Eugeniusz) Hörmann (in Russian, Герман), was also of a German–Russian pastor family and born in a Polish city of

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, in

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(then part of the

), Eugen Hörmann's father, Anna's grandfather, Friedrich Hörmann, who had studied theology in Łódź, was in 1929 incarcerated in

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by communists for being a priest; he died there. In 1937, during the

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's anti-German operation, Eugen Hörmann was arrested in Urgench on false charges of spying, and executed (officially, sentenced to ten years in prison). Thereafter Anna, with her mother and grandmother, survived in the

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Region of

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, as well as in

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, and later in the Kirghiz and Kazakh SSRs. In 1946, German's mother (who had married Herman Gerner, a

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soldier) was able to take the family to Poland to

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and in 1949 to

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Career

Anna quickly learned Polish and several other languages and grew up hiding her family heritage. She graduated from the Geological Institute of the

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. During her university years, she began her music career at the Kalambur Theater. German became known to the general public when she won the 1964 II Festival of Polish Songs in Opole with her song ''Tańczące Eurydyki'' ('Dancing

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s'). One year later, she won the first prize in the

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. German performed in the Marché international de l'édition musicale in

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, as well as on the stages of

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and

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. She also sang in Russian, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German and

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. She recorded several albums for

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in Poland and

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in the Soviet Union. In 2001, six of her Polish albums were reissued on CDs. In recent years, many

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s of her songs have also been released in both Russia and Poland.

Career in Italy

In December 1966 in

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, German signed a contract with the CDI company to release her records, thus becoming the first performer from behind the "

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" who recorded in

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. In Italy, German had performed at the

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, starred in a television show, recorded a programme with the singer

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, performed at the

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of Neapolitan songs in

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and received the "Oscar della simpatia" award.

Car accident and treatment

On 27 August 1967, while in Italy, on the road between

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and Milan, Anna German was involved in a severe car accident. At high speed, the car driven by the impresario of the singer crashed into a concrete fence. German was thrown from the car through the windshield. She suffered multiple fractures and other internal injuries. An investigation revealed that the driver of the car – her manager

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– fell asleep at the wheel. After the accident, German had not regained consciousness. After the plaster was taken off, the singer still lay in a hospital bed for half a year. Then it took her a few months to relearn to sit and walk. Later, she released the autobiographical book ''Wróć do Sorrento?'' ('Come Back to Sorrento?'), dedicated to the Italian period of her career. The book's circulation was 30,000 copies.

Career in the Soviet Union

In 1964, German toured the

for the first time as part of a delegation of Polish artists, performing songs by

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, Mark Fradkin,

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. The editor of the "

" Anna Kachalina invited German to record some songs in Polish and Italian.. In Russian Her first songs in Russian were recorded in the fall of 1964.. In Russian In the 1970s, German toured, performed and recorded in the

, working with

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, Yevgeniy Martynov,25 лучших песен Анны ГерманArchive
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,10 незабываемых хитов Анны Герман. In Russian
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, Alexander Morozov and others. She had become an acclaimed and popular artist there. She remembers: "I loved touring the Soviet Union. <...> These tours did not bring a lot of money, it was much more profitable to fly to America or even participate in some kind of concerts in Europe. But nothing can compare with the emotional reception in Soviet cities and towns." Her most notable songs in Russian are "

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", "And I like him" (), "Hope" (), "No Hurry" (), "Randomness" (), "When Gardens Bloomed" (), "Echo of Love" ().

Personal life

On 23 March 1972, married Zbigniew Tucholski. Their son, Zbigniew Tucholski, was born in 1975. In the last years of her life, composed some church songs. Before she died in 1982 of

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(at the age of 46), she joined the

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. German was buried at the Evangelical Cemetery in

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Remembrance

*The main street in

, the birthplace of Anna German, bears her name. *The

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n astronomer

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was named in honour of Anna German. *The

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, Poland, has been named in Anna German's memory. *In 2002, the Song Festival aimed at popularizing the musical legacy of Anna German and Polish popular music was launched. *The Anna German Musical High School in

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bears the name of the singer. *In 2012, a

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was unveiled in

at the entrance to the house where Anna German used to live. *In 2012, a Russian

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(co-produced with Poland, Ukraine and Croatia) about the life of Anna German was filmed. *A star on the

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Walk of Fame honouring Anna German was unveiled. *Several streets in Polish cities including

and

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were named in remembrance of the singer. *In 2013, a star on the Walk of Fame of the

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devoted to Anna German was unveiled.

Books about Anna German

* 1974 Nagrabiecki Jan: ''Anna German''. 1974 * Aleksander Zygariov: ''Anna German''. 1988 * Aleksander Zygariov: ''Anna German''. 1998 (reissue) * Mariola Pryzwan: . 1999 * Adriana Polak: . 2000 * Artur Hörmann: . 2003 (The book was written by the uncle of Anna and brother her father Eugene Herman) * Mariola Pryzwan: . 2008 * Ivan Ilichev: ''Анна Герман – Гори, гори, моя звезда!''. 2010 * Jordan Naoum: ''Anna German''. 2011 * Mariola Pryzwan: . 2012 * Ivan Ilichev: ''Мы долгое эхо'' (We long echo). 2012 * Mariola Pryzwan: . 2013 * Marzena Baranowska: . 2013 * Ivan Ilichev: ''Анна Герман. Белый ангел песни'' (White angel of the song). 2013 * ''German. Śpiewający anioł. Super album''. 2013 * Ivan Ilichev: ''Эхо любви'' (Echoes of love). 2013 * Volga Yerafeyenka: . 2014 * Irma Martens-Berner: . 2014, (Consultants books: son A. German, Dr. Zbigniew I. Tucholsky and her husband, engineer Zbigniew A. Tucholsky) * Ivan Ilichev: ''Анна Герман. Сто воспоминаний о великой певице'' (Anna German. A hundred memories of great singer). 2016

Literary works

* 1970 (Come Back to Sorrento?...) * (The tale of the winged Starling). The book is written by Anna to her son * 1988 «Вернись в Сорренто?...

translated from Polish into Russian by R. Bello * 2002 reissue * 2012 reissue

Discography

Albums

* ' (1964) nto that shore * ' (1965) ancing Eurydices* ' (1967) recital of songs* ''I classici della musica napoletana'' (1967) lassics of the Canzone Napoletana">Canzone_Napoletana.html" ;"title="lassics of the Canzone Napoletana">lassics of the Canzone Napoletana* ' (1968) [Anna German Sings] * ' (1970) [Fate of Man] * ' (1971) [Domenico Scarlatti – Arias from opera Tetide in Sciro] * ' (1972) [Wind lives in wild poplars] * ' (1974) [It has to be May] * ''Anna German'' (1975) * ''Anna German'' (1977) * ''Anna German'' (1979) * ' (1979) hink about me* ' (1979) nly in tango/Summer is all around* ' (1979) nna German is singing* ''Надежда ''(Nadezhda, 1980)

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* ' (1983) ast meeting

Singles

* " The Man I Love" (1964) * "" / "" (1965) * "" / "" (1965) * "" / "" (1965) * "" / "" (1965) * "" / "" (1965) * "" / "" (1967) * "" / "" (1967) * "" / "" (1967) * "" / "" (1969) * "" / "" (1970) * "" / "" (1970) * "" / "" (1970) * "" / "" (1971) * "" (1971) * "" (1972) * "" / "" (1972) * "" (1974) * "" (1975) * "" / "" (1975) * "" (1977) * "" (1977) * "" (1979) * "" (1982)

Later reprints and compilation albums

* 1984: LP * 1987: Эхо любви (Echo lubvi) – live '79 LP * 1989: Anna German LP * 1989: LP * 1990: vol. 1 LP * 1990: vol. 2 LP * 1991: CD * 1991: CD * 1994: CD * 1994: MC * 1995: part 1 MC * 1995: part 2 MC * 1996: Незабытый мотив (Nezabitiy motiv) CD * 1996: Лучшие песни (Luchshie pesni) CD * 1998: Когда цвели сады (Kogda tsveli sadi) CD * 1998: CD * 1999: CD * 1999: CD * 1999: CD * 1999: CD * 1999: Антология советского шлягера (Antologia sovetskogo shlagera) MC * 2000: Анна Герман. Российская эстрадная музыкальная энциклопедия (Rossiyskaya estradnaya muzikalnaya encyclopaedia) CD * 2000: Последняя встреча (Poslednyaya vstrecha) CD * 2001: Quiet words of love (Russian) (Любви негромкие слова) CD * 2001: Ваши любимые песни (Vashi lyubimie pesni) CD * 2001: CD * 2001: CD * 2001: CD * 2001: CD * 2001: Domenico Scarlatti – "Tetida in Sciro" CD * 2001: CD * 2001: CD * 2001: Luchshee – Zvyozdi sovetskoy estradi CD * 2002: CD * 2003: Наши лучшие песни (Nashi lyubimie pesni) CD * 2003: collection CD * 2003: Золотой век русской эстрады (Zolotoy vek russkoy estrady) CD * 2003: Посидим, помолчим. Полное собрание песен (Posidim, pomolchim) vol.1 CD * 2003: Спасибо тебе мое сердце. Полное собрание песен (Spasibo tebe moyo serdtse) vol.2 CD * 2004: CD * 2004: Самое лучшее (Samoe luchshee) CD * 2007: MP3 collection * 2008: Надежда CD * 2013: CD * 2019: Анна Герман. Избранное LP

Filmography

* 1966: (documentary) – ensemble cast * 1970: ''

Landscape After the Battle ''Landscape After the Battle'' () is a 1970 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Daniel Olbrychski; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP camp somewhere in Germa ...

'' () * 1970: ''

Prom A promenade dance or prom is a formal dance party for graduating high school students at the end of the school year. Students participating in the prom will typically vote for a ''prom king'' and ''prom queen''. Other students may be honored ...

'' – singing * 1970: (TV show) – singing * 1970: (short film) * 1977: (film) – singing * 2012: ''Anna German'' (Russian TV series) – singing (her songs have been used in the series)

References

External links

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Facebook page dedicated to Anna German
Website {{DEFAULTSORT:German, Anna 1936 births 1982 deaths English-language singers from Poland Italian-language singers of Poland Russian-language singers of Poland Polish people of German-Russian descent Soviet emigrants to Poland Deaths from cancer in Poland Deaths from bone cancer Polish pop singers People from Urgench 20th-century Polish women singers Polish Seventh-day Adventists Mennonite musicians