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Jalal Hemmati (born May 6, in Hersin - died Setember 23, in Los Angeles, California) was a folk singer..
On the History of Iranian Popular Music in Germany
In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the song «Unsere Heimat» (Our Homeland) by Herbert Keller (lyrics) and Hans Naumilkat (composition) became a kind of anthem, glorifying the idea of a socialist homeland and thus the country’s political ideology.
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Many years after the fall of the Berlin wall, the song has disappeared from public memory. At least this was what German singer Sophie Grobler thought. When singing the song at a funeral, «Our Homeland» came back: devoid of any political ideology from the old days.
Recently I was asked if I would sing the song «Unsere Heimat» (Our Homeland) at a funeral.
The song has a personal meaning for me, but it is above all a song that was ideologically instrumentalized in the GDR. The question of how I would position myself as a singer, whether I would refuse the offer, was up in the air.
But I decided to do it, and when I finally sang the song at the funeral, I realized that the personal