Day 16 Anna German – a polish singer with an angelic voice - Part 2 In August 1967, during Anna’s tour in Italy, on her way to Milan, she got involved in a severe car accident. Having been driven at high speed, her car crashed into a concrete fence, because the driver, had fallen asleep. Anna was thrown from the car via the front window in a thicket. When the ambulance arrived, Anna was not found the first time. As a result, the singer got 49 fractures, including spine fractures and internal organs’ injuries. Anna couldn’t regain consciousness for a week. She lied in bed, without the ability to move for half of the year. It took several months to relearn how to walk. Anna’s future husband, Zbigniew Tucholski, actively helped her to relieve. Later in the 1960s, she wrote the autobiographical book "Come Back to Sorrento?" devoted to her career period in Italy. The book became widely circulated. In 1970 she performed on stage the first time after the car accident. The concert was in honour of the liberation of Warsaw. When Anna came on stage, the audience applauded her standing for 20 minutes. In 1972 Anna performed tours in Poland and in the USSR. She sang many songs of Russian composers which became hits, such as “Hope” (“Надежда”). They are loved and popular nowadays. In October 1978 she performed in the Moscow cinema “Warsaw” without the support of orchestra accompanied by only piano. Her concerts were a full house. In May 1979 Anna got 14 concerts for a week in Middle Asia. In June 1979 she lost consciousness in a hotel in Moscow, the tour was interrupted. Meanwhile, the health of the singer was becoming worse. In 1980 having performed a song, she could not make a movement, she was delivered to the hospital. That year she was diagnosed with cancer. Despite the disease, she continued her performance on stage. To hide her tears caused by pain, she wore dark glasses. After Anna went to Australia with the tour and it was interrupted due to her disease, she did not perform anymore. Anna died on 26 August 1982, 15 years after the accident in Italy had occurred. She released 12 albums in Polish, several albums in Russian. Throughout her music career, Anna performed songs in 7 languages: Polish, Russian, Italian, German, English, Spanish and Latin. Anna sounded so heartful and sincere, that it was often associated with the singing of an angel. Anna’s songs are about timeless values: true love, loyalty, tenderness. Her angelic voice can’t leave anyone indifferent, it touches the soul and heart with its pureness and sincerity.