Raquel Rastenni

Danish 50's to 70's pop singer of Jewish heritage. Born 21 April 1915, København, Hovedstaden, Denmark Died 20 August 1998, Skodsborg, Rudersdal, Denmark. She mostly performed in Danish but occasionally released Jewish music. She fled Denmark in October 1943 along with her family as the country had come under Nazi occupation. She spent the rest of the war years in Sweden where she continued having great success with her career performing with orchestras and in cabarets and varieties. She returned to Denmark in 1945 and in the years that followed she became Denmark's leading female ballad singer.