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'''Lin Jaldati''', known to her family as '''Lientje''', (born '''Rebekka Brilleslijper'''; 13 December 1912 – 31 August 1988) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-born, East German-based Yiddish singer. She was a [[Holocaust survivors|Holocaust survivor]], and one of the last people to see [[Anne Frank]]. After the war she published an article, "Memories of Anne Frank," in Joachim Hellwig and Günther Deicke's book ''A Diary for Anne Frank''. A self-professed socialist, she performed in Yiddish in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea and Vietnam from the 1950s to the 1970s.
==Life and career==
Lin Jaldati was born as Rebekka Brilleslijper on 13 December 1912 in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], the eldest of three children of Fijtje (née Gerritse) and Joseph Brilleslijper.<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish">{{cite news|last1=Schneer|first1=David|title=When Yiddish Came to North Korea|url=http://forward.com/the-assimilator/139725/when-yiddish-came-to-north-korea/|access-date=June 21, 2016|work=Forward|date=July 12, 2011}}</ref> Her younger sister was [[Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper]]. Her sister called her Lientje. During [[World War II]], she was deported to the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] and the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], and she survived.<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish" /> She was one of the last people to see [[Anne Frank]].<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish" />
Jaldati was a Yiddish singer.<ref name="andwereallbrothers">{{cite book|last1=Wood|first1=Abigail|title=And we're all brothers : singing in Yiddish in contemporary North America|date=2013|publisher=Ashgate|location=Farnham, Surrey|isbn=9781409445333|oclc=812018049|page=106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BS7tCwAAQBAJ&q=Lin+Jaldati&pg=PA106}}</ref> She performed in [[Moscow]] in the late 1950s.<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish"/> By 1965, she performed in [[China]] and [[North Korea]].<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish"/> She performed in [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]], [[India]] and [[Vietnam]] in the 1970s.<ref name="forwardwhenyiddish"/>
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==Death==
Lin Jaldati died on 31 August 1988 in East Berlin, Germany.
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