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Written by Julie Matthews, sung by Chris While, Nie Wieder (Gretel's Song) tells the story of Gretel Bergmann, the high jumper dropped from Germany's 1936 Olympic team for being Jewish.

Known as Margaret Lambert for the past 72 years, the 98-year-old now lives in New York, where her interview was recorded. She remembers how she was led to believe she would be part of the German high jump team, having been courted by the Nazis to prove their policies weren't anti-Semitic. But, as soon as the threat of an American boycott of the Berlin Games had been lifted, she was cast aside.

At the time she held the German record for the high jump and was disgusted to be told she wasn't good enough. But she agrees that taking part would have been difficult, had she won gold, and been forced to give the Nazi salute to a leader who had already begun exterminating Jews. 30 of her husband's immediate family later died in the gas chambers.

Her story inspired songwriter Julie Matthews to write this song.