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[HANASHIR:5974] Re: Edelweiss at a Bat Mitzvah service

I am schocked that no one has responded with the obvious here!  Edelweiss was 
sung in  The Sound of Music movie as a patriotic Austrian song, with the 
dramatic implication of anti-Nazi sentiment.  Are we forgetting that the VAST 
majority of Austrians WELCOMED the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria into 
Hitler's Third Reich?

Not only would I find it inappropriate to sing this song at this crucial life 
event, but I would also make an effort to educate the family about the 
importance of remembering the Holocaust.

Just my two cents!

Brian Serle
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(40 minutes east of Oconomowoc)

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