Kholm Pocket the third one was successful, with the German forces in the pocket reduced in number to 1,200 by then. In July 1942, the Cholm Shield was awarded to the German defenders of the pocket, upon the suggestion of Generalmajor Theodor Scherer, similar to the Demyansk Shield. Scherer was personally awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves by Adolf Hitler for the command of the defense of Kholm. Kholm was eventually liberated by the Red Army on 21 February 1944. Members of the Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 65, a police unit from Gelsenkirchen, were questioned after the war by the
Mack the Knife Knife" the best song ever written. Darin's version of the song was featured in the movies "Quiz Show" and "What Women Want". Both Armstrong and Darin's versions were inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry in 2016. Brecht's original German language version was appropriated for a series of humorous and surreal blackout skits by television pioneer Ernie Kovacs, showing, between skits, the soundtrack displayed on an oscilloscope. Ella Fitzgerald made a famous live recording in 1960 (released on "") in which, after forgetting the lyrics after the first stanza, she improvised new lyrics in a performance