Was yves montand jewish names
Gates of the night.
Wars have the capacity to make or break an artistic life. For Yves Montand, World War II achieved both of these extremes.
Was yves montand jewish names
When the Nazis began their conquest of Europe in 1939, Montand was following a slow but steady rise to fame through his singing. His agent was drafted into the army, however, and with the onset of economic hardship Montand was forced to take a job in the Marseilles shipyards.
In September 1940, Montand’s brother was taken prisoner, and life threatened to crumble further. These difficulties prompted Montand to start singing for his co-workers to boost morale, and it was this that began his new – this time meteoric – rise to stardom.
In 1941 Montand’s singing talent was spotted and he gave a concert in April in Saint-Antoine.
This was a success, with critics praising him as an imitator of French stars Charles Trenet and Maurice Chevalier, so he began a tour of the Marseilles area, including a concert in October 1941 in the presence of Pétain.
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