Artist Info: Anna German

Anna German (February 14, 1936 - August 26, 1982) was a soviet singer born in Urgench, Uzbek SSR, USSR. Her parents had dutch and german roots. Anna lived in Tashkent (now Uzbekistan), Osinniki (now Russia), Orlovka (now Kyrgyzstan) where Anna went to school and, finally, in Dzhambul (now Kazakhstan). The artist Anatoly Stishko studied at the same school with Anna in Dzhambul. Anna's mother married in 1942 to an officer of the Polish Army, and so in 1946 the family left and settled in Nova Ruda, Poland. [read more...]