Anna Marly, who wrote the Song of the Partisans ,has died in Alaska aged 88.Her song,about the Partisans who fought the nazis from the cellars,mountains and woods of Europe became the best known resistance song to come out of the war.It was recorded by Leonard Cohen on his debut album in the late 1960s and his version brought the song to the attention of a young audience across the world.The song was subsequently recorded by Joan Baez among others.


"When they poured across the border
I was ordered to surrender
This I could not do
I took my gun and vanished..."

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