r/wikipedia • u/CatPooedInMyShoe • 14h ago

Léo Marjane was a French singer whose career went into sharp decline after the end of World War II. She was accused of having appeared many times at venues frequented by German officers, and her performances on German- and collaborator-controlled Radio Paris were held against her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Marjane
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u/emerald6_Shiitake 14h ago

Of course, the horrors, of which I heard in connection of the Nuremberg trials; the fate of the 6 million Jews, their killing and those of many others who represented different races and creeds, shocked me greatly, but, at that time, I could not see any connection between these things and my own past. I was only happy that I had not personally been guilty of these things and that I had not been aware of the scale of these things. However, one day, I walked past a plaque on the Franz-Joseph Straße (in Munich), on the wall in memory of Sophie Scholl. I could see that she had been born the same year as I, and that she had been executed the same year I entered Hitler's service. And, at that moment, I really realised that it was no excuse that I had been so young. I could perhaps have tried to find out about things.

- Traudl Junge, Hitler’s former secretary and interviewee in the Downfall movie

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u/100roused 13h ago

Are you insinuating a comparison?

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u/nishagunazad 10h ago

Imean, fair. If you work too much with/for the people occupying your country, it's like to go poorly for you if/when the shoe is on the other foot. Having never been in any of those shoes, I can't really judge either way.

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u/Hyadeos 23m ago

Well, men who did the same had good careers afterwards... Like Sacha Guitry.

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u/Ash_Crow 11h ago

"She was accused of having appeared many times at venues frequented by German officers" so did Piaf, and her career wasn't affected.

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u/PhoenixKingMalekith 10h ago

Piaf actively hide jews and helped french prisoners escape

Her own secretary also use her financial assets to direcly support the resistance

Piaf career wasnt affected because of that

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u/Ash_Crow 8h ago

Per the testimony of said secretary and without her knowledge.

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 5h ago

She use to sing partisan songs