MASCHA KALÉKO - The nightingale in my garden is silent

The Jewish poet from Chrzanów (now Poland), who came to Germany at the age of 7, observes people and formulates their longings.

Kaléko's poetry is about everyday situations that everyone knows:

of love and separation, hope and loneliness. The "everyday poet" published her first poems at the age of 22 and conquered the hearts of city dwellers in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Her verses are melancholic and witty with a pinch of irony and display a timeless mixture of charm and social criticism. Kaléko hits the tone of her time. And she meets Tucholsky and Claire Waldoff; she is compared to Ringelnatz and Heine, among others.

During the Nazi era, Kaléko's works were banned and the poet emigrated to America with her husband and child, where years of poverty and isolation followed. She spent the last 15 years of her life in Israel; in 1974 she visited Berlin for the last time.

The musical production is a tribute to an extraordinary woman whose poetry has lost none of its relevance. "I will be silent, but my song goes on." (Masche Kaléko)

(PROGRAM IN GERMAN)