Hilde Zadek(1917-2019)

Opera singer (soprano).

I had to show that Jews don't stink, that they don't have hunched backs, long noses or anything else. These young people aged 17, 18, who grew up under Hitler, had never seen a Jew in their lives! And then suddenly this young and good-looking woman comes onto the stage and then proceeds to sing beautifully and they ask, "This is a Jew?" Forget the old Nazis. But I hope I was able at least to change the image for the youth.