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This is KZSU 90.1.
You're listening to entitled opinions.
This is Christy Wampol sitting in for Robert Harrison.
The beautiful voice you've just heard belongs to a fascinating woman
who is witnessed and experienced far more than we might be able to imagine.
Her name is Sonia Kauden-Krimani.
She is a singer, a writer, a polyglot, a traveler, a lover of books,
and a witness to the most horrific event in the 20th century.
Here's the description of her memoir, which has been published in French
under the title, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
and a German fellow rene kintite, lost childhood.
Quote, "This is the incredible story of a multifaceted woman
who courageously survived the adversities of Nazi domination
and grew to blossom into the most remarkable personality.
As a young girl, Sonia miraculously managed to disentangle
herself from the spiderweb of Nazi persecution,
she fled her native Germany to Belgium on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940,
and was placed in an orphanage there where she and the other children suffered from starvation,
humiliation, and neglect."
After the war, Sonia studied music at world-class conservatories
and obtained a doctorate in French literature.
She sang classical and European traditional songs over the radio
and on television and quickly became an international sensation,
an intellectual globe-chatter and lecturer at universities all over the world.
She is taught French to a queen, was knighted by the French government
for contributions to French culture across the world,
and is now written this fascinating memoir for the first time in French.
And we are lucky to help her with us in the studio today.
The conversation today will be in French.
As Sonia tells us her story and reads some passages from her memoir.
As Sonia says, "The story is very easy to understand the story of the German people,
and the story of the French and the French people.
And I am happy to hear from you before you speak with me.
I am happy to hear from you, and I am happy to hear from you.
I am happy to hear from you, and I am happy to hear from you, and I am happy to hear from you.
I am happy to hear from you, and I am happy to hear from you.
Our guest today was Sonia Kohn-Krimani, who was published her memoir in French, under the title, "Achondes-Barr" through "La-mato"
and in German, "Félor-n'ikintite" through "Lit-Félag"
Sonia hopes to publish an English translation for memoir soon.
And now we'd like to close with another of Sonia's songs.
We opened with "Mulandes-Zamur" and now we'll be listening to "Ane-Kudomun-Khershonti".
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