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TIL that swing jazz hit Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen was extremely popular both in Nazi Germany and among american nazi collaborators, who were under the impression it was a "Goebbels-approved" tune. That changed quickly when it was discovered to be an Yiddish song by two Jewish composers.

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