Anna Marly, was a Russian singer-songwriter. She come very early in France, just after her father were killed by the Bolsheviks in 1917. She is best remembered as the composer of the Chant des Partisans, a protest song that was used as the ersatz anthem of the Free French Forces during World War II; the popularity of the Chant des Partisans was such that it was proposed as a new national anthem after the conclusion of the war.
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