LiLaLo

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The LiLaLo was a Yiddish cabaret in Amsterdam operated from 1959 to 1983 . The name Lilalo is Hebrew and is translated as For me, for her (the lady), for him . The LiLaLo was the last Yiddish music cabaret that existed in Western Europe.

General Information

The cabaret was operated by the married couple Jossy and Jacques Halland. The cabaret was located in the Clerqstraat 109, a residential area characterized by grocery stores and specialty shops, in a downstairs restaurant. The performance room, furnished with carpets and typical Jewish everyday objects, reflected the couple's Jewish background.

Jossy Halland, the Jewish daughter of an opera singer and operetta diva from Eastern Europe, completed her artistic training at the Warsaw Jewish Theater . Jossy Halland himself appeared as a chansonette and diseuse in the LilaLo . Jacques Halland, French Jew, was a jazz pianist before LiLaLo opened and performed with Jimmy Dorsey , among others . In LiLaLo he took over the accompaniment on the piano.

Entry to the cabaret was free, but it was expected that the guest would have a drink from the house.

The satisfied guests of the LiLaLo included Pablo Picasso , Roberto Rossellini , Federico Fellini and Loriot . The couple also performed in what was then West Germany and the Soviet Union, but never in Israel.

Program alignment

The conception of the LiLaLo was to keep the culture of the Eastern European Jews alive. Jacques Halland stated that this culture was evident in numerous songs and stories and that it helped Jews overcome difficult times and threats. From this endeavor, the cabaret's motto “Handing on what is about to disappear, adapted to our times” developed.

The music program also included pieces on the subject of the persecution of the Jews during National Socialism , the Shoah . One example is the song: 's brennt, briderlach,' s brennt by Mordechaj Gebirtig , which he wrote in 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto to strengthen the resistance of the Jewish people against fascist terror. With regard to the remains of the Majdanek concentration camp , Jacques Halland composed the chanson A Barg Schiach . In addition to typical train numbers such as Tate Blymenfeld or As der Rebe Elimeylech , texts by contemporary authors such as von Brecht , Tucholsky and Weinert were increasingly included in the program.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Yiddish joke from Li La Lo . In: Der Spiegel . No. 41 , 1986, pp. 228 ( Online - Oct. 6, 1986 ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Merian issue 7: Amsterdam. Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe (1978–1992), ISBN 3-455-27807-8

Web links

  • Zeitmosaik Comment on the probable end of LiLaLo in Zeit-Online issue 40 (1986)
  • Yiddish songs and chansons . In: Der Spiegel . No. 33 , 1988, pp. 159 ( Online - Aug. 15, 1988 ).