Legacy MattersSometimes, recovering and preserving some of a lost culture can be a Great Legacy.
Hans Breur may be the last wandering shepherd in Austria, traveling vast areas with his 625 sheep, essentially homeless except for a little caravan.
He's also a Yiddish folksinger, revealing in concerts throughout the countryside some of what the Jewish-Austrian culture was like before the Nazis invaded and destroyed so much.
More on The Sound of Yiddish at Beliefnet. Sam Apple's new book "Schlepping Through the Alps" tells the story of Hans Breuer and Sam's own search for Austria's Jewish past. You can see just how funny Sam is if you click over to Who Let the Jews Out.