User:Shammelburg

Simon Hammelburg (Amsterdam, February 28, 1952) is a Dutch entertainer, songwriter, author and journalist. He worked at the news department of AVRO, Dutch Radio and Television. In the early eighties he became the U.S. Bureau Chief for Dutch and Belgium radio and TV in New York as well as several newspapers and weeklies.

Prior to the first Gulf War (1991) he produced the video clip ‘Shalom from Holland’ together with produces Ralph Inbar (deceased) and film maker Floris Sijbesma (deceased). The clip (see Youtube) was a token of solidarity by some 200 performers and musicians from all over the world to the Israeli people who would be threatened by missiles, fired from Iraq. Simon Hammelburg wrote the song together with his co- songwriter Ron Klipstein. The clip became an instant hit in Holland and Israel, and later around the world after it was shown on international TV networks during Gulf War I.

With other celebrities he co-authored several books, including “My Judaism”. His break though as an author in Holland became reality in 1996 with the publication of his book “Kaddish for Daisy, memories of Holocaust-survivors and their children,” based on 1200 interviews with Holocaust-survivors and their off spring. The book was published in English 'Broken on the inside - The war never ended' (Aerial Media Company) in 2014 along with a re-written Dutch version 'Van binnen is alles stuk - Herinneringen van vernielde generaties'. Both books are now for sale world-wide.

1200 songs, written by Hammelburg were recorded on records, Cd’s, for radio, TV or used as film music.

Simon Hammelburg resides in France and Spain.