German Folk Music
EX99_405 Tine Kindermann discusses German folk music that she sings and the taboo that still exists in Germany about such music.
View ArticleGrowing into Judaism
EX99_399 Tine Kindermann discusses religion and her decision to convert to Judaism. She explains that she waited to convert until she felt comfortable in the Jewish and Yiddish world.
View Article"Living with a wound that will never heal": Memory of the Holocaust in Germany
EX99_402 Tine Kindermann - German artist and wife of prominent klezmer musician Frank London - discusses the "excessive" ways in which Germany has tried to cope with the Holocaust, yet is also aware...
View ArticlePoliticized Hummel Figurines
EX99_398 Tine Kindermann describes the Hummel figurines (small porcelain figurines) depicting she used to see on her way home every day from school as a child and discusses how she decided to create...
View ArticleThe Growth and Success of Klezmer
EX99_401 Tine Kindermann talks about watching the Klezmer world develop and her amazement that young musicians can support themselves playing music influenced by Klezmer.
View ArticleTwo Grandfathers
EX99_397 Tine Kindermann describes her two grandfathers, one of whom was a member of the Nazi Party, while the other fought in the Resistance. Yet she discredits all expectations by explaining more...
View ArticleVague Guilt
EX99_403 Tine Kindermann describes the vague feelings of guilt that she had growing up in the post-war period in Germany.
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