Edith Piaf was a famous French singer in the 20th century known for her heart-wrenching voice. She grew up in difficult circumstances, being abandoned by her mother as a baby and living with her grandmother who ran a brothel. Despite facing personal tragedies, including the death of her daughter, Piaf went on to have an exceptional singing career from the 1930s. During World War 2, she risked her life saving thousands of Jews by obtaining fake documents for them after secretly visiting concentration camps. Though briefly accused of supporting the Nazis, she was later cleared by those she rescued. Piaf suffered health problems in her later life due in part to substance abuse and died at age 47.

1. VASILIA ALEXANDRA TSAKONA KASATZOGLOU

2. Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved
singers of the twentieth
century. From the start
of her exceptional
career in the 1930s, her
waif-like form and
heart-wrenching voice
endeared her first to the
French, then to
audiences around the
globe.

3. Her real name was Edith
Giovanna Gassion, (born
December 19, 1915, Paris
France—died October 10,
1963)
Piaf’s songs and singing style seemed to
reflect the tragedies of her own difficult
life. She was abandoned by her mother when
she was still a baby. She lived with her
grandmother , who was running a brothel.
After a few years she went to live with her
father , who was working at a circus.

4. Piaf gave birth to a
daughter in 1932,
but the child died two
years later. At that time
she was discovered by a
cabaret owner who gave
her , her first nightclub job.
It was him who began
calling her “la môme piaf”
(little sparrow) in apparent reference to
her diminutive figure. She later adopted the
name professionally. Later she got
married two times.

5. In her later life, Piaf was involved in several
serious car accidents, and she suffered from
failing health, partly due to alcohol and drug
abuse. She died at the age of 47, reportedly
from liver cancer. Her death was mourned
across France, and thousands lined the route
of her funeral procession.

6. When the Second
World War started,
she was 25 years old.
She saved thousands
of Jews risking her
own life. What she did
was going to the
concentration camps to perform and after
her performance she was getting photos of
the Jews and then when she returned to
France , she made fake passports for them.

7. The war ended, and the singer
was accused of supporting the
Nazis.
But soon Piaf
was justified: dozens
of those who she rescued showed
up in the court
and defended her. Today,
the French are proud of their
most famous singer and brave
patriot Edith Piaf.

8. HER GREATEST WORKS
"La Vie en rose" (1946),
"Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960),
"Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord"
(1959),
"La Foule" (1957), "L'Accordéoniste"
(1940)
"Padam, Padam" (1951).

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•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Pi
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•https://www.worldwomanfoundation.com/ed
ith-piaf-a-singer-saved-thousands-of-jews/