[HANASHIR:5975] Re: Edelweiss at a Bat Mitzvah service

[Rabbi Richard Schachet <lvrabbi...>]

As I remember, Edelwiess was sung as a rejection of the Nazis.
Rabbi Richard Schachet
Valley Outreach Synagogue
www.valleyoutreach.com
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Subject: [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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