Mike Brant (born Moshe Brand, Hebrew: משה ברנד) (February 1, 1947 – April 25, 1975) was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let me love you"). Brant committed suicide at the height of his career by jumping from the window of a Paris apartment.
Mike Brant's mother was Bronia Rosenberg, originally from Lodz in Poland, who was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp...
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Mike Brant (born Moshe Brand, Hebrew: משה ברנד) (February 1, 1947 – April 25, 1975) was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let me love you"). Brant committed suicide at the height of his career by jumping from the window of a Paris apartment.
Mike Brant's mother was Bronia Rosenberg, originally from Lodz in Poland, who was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the war, she married Fishel Brand, a resistance fighter from Bilgoraj 20 years her senior, and they applied to emigrate to the British Mandate of Israel, but were initially denied permission, and sent instead to a refugee camp at Famagusta on the island of Cyprus, and it was here that Mike was born on February 1, 1947. In September 1947, the family finally received permission to travel to Israel, and they arrived in Haifa, and settled in a kibbutz in Galilee. Mike Brant didn't start speaking until 6 years of age, and very soon told his...
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