Ute Lemper sings “Shtiler, Shtiler (Quiet, Quiet) at 54 Below
August 14, 2025/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment
Lyrics – Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908 – 1954)
Ute Lemper sings “Shtiler, Shtiler (Quiet, Quiet)”. She takes us back to Weimar Republic Berlin and its music, theatre, and cabaret scene. After the Nazis destroyed Weimar culture in 1933, the ‘Kabarett in the Exile’ was formed briefly by Brecht and Eisler. What followed their expression of truth was the extraordinary music written by the Jewish prisoners in the Ghettos and Theresienstadt. In an epilogue, Marlene Dietrich asks: “Where have all the flowers gone?”