this monday the composer of Lili Marleen, perhaps the most popular war song ever, died: Norbert Schultze, aged 91. he wrote the song in 1937. it was sung by stars as Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich, and recently by Camerata Mediolanense.
“Werd’ ich bei der Laterne steh’n, Wie einst Lili Marleen…”
Lili Marleen
October 17, 2002 by