Edith Piaf
Subject in Music History
Edith Piaf has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook recounts that Edith Piaf, born two months after the execution, was named Edith by parents influenced by the Cavell case.
“these two people chose it for their baby. And their baby's full name was Edith Giovanna Gassion”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:45
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.