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And What Did the (Nazi) Solder's Wife Get?
Text: Bertolt Brecht. Performed by Gisela May.

A song from the Brecht's "Schwejk im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Schweyk in the Second World War). Eisler completed work on the play in 1959 after the playwright's death.

Music sample © edel GmbH.