Biography
The Stories of the Many
Who Were Once Involved with the Yiddish
Stage
Volume 5
Please click on the link for the
individual or troupe that you would like to learn more about.
You can also use the table below to find a person's
surname or the name of a troupe that begins with that letter.
For each individual, the town or city of their birth, when included within the
biography, is listed in parentheses next to their name.
Note also that there are indications
at the end of most of the translated biographies here that end in
"M. E." or "Sh. E.", which are often followed by the name of an
individual(s). The initials "M. E." indicate that the answers given
by the person(s) supplying the biographical information were given
orally; "Sh. E." indicates that the responses were written ones.
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A
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Abelman, Tsipa (unknown)
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Adler, Esther (Ostrog)
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Adler, Katya (Nikopol)
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Alperovitsh, Isak (Minsk)
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Altman, Moshe (unknown)
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Amatin, Sonia (Vilna)
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Amzel, Wolf (Lodz)
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Ariel, Khayim David
(Lodz)
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Ariel, Rukhl (Lodz)
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Ariel, Sonia (Lodz)
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Ash, Avraham (Kishinev)
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Ass,
Boruch (Vilna)
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Astrovsky, Kh. (unknown)
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B
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Bader, Simcha (Slomniki)
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Balbirski, Hirsh (Lodz)
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Barska-Fisher, Liza
(Odessa)
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Basin, Mishe (Kiev)
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Beigelman, David (Ostroviec)
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Belazavski, Nachum
(unknown)
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Belegolovska, Anna (Boguslav)
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Bergolski, Yakov
(Ukraine)
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Binder, Shlomo (Baltremantz)
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Bliacher, Menachem
(Vilna)
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Bloyfarb, Mira (unknown)
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Blum, Chana (Riga)
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Bolk, Zigmunt (unknown)
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Borishev (Russia)
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Borisov, Berl (unknown)
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Borkovska, Malya (Kiev)
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Bortshevska, Irena (Dmitriev)
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Brez, Sarah (Dvinsk)
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Briya, Roza (Sokol)
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Brodski, Musia (Vilna)
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Brodsky (unknown)
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Budeyski, Yosl (Kishinev)
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Burda-Antovilska, Roza
(Vilna)
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Burshtin, Mina (Toporov)
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Byegun
(unknown)
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D
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Dauber, Adolf (unknown)
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Davidov, David (unknown)
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Desser, Clara (Gzshibi)
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Desser, Emanuel
(Lemberg)
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Deytsh, Shaye (unknown)
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Doyber, Zechariah
Avraham (Cheremosh)
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Dreiblatt, Paula (Koropiec)
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Dreyzin, Jennie (unknown)
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Drucker, Leib
(Czernowitz)
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Dubinsky, Reuben (Vilna)
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Dulitskaya, Manya (Baku)
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E
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Eisen-Orenstein, Eva
(Konin)
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Enden
(unknown)
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Epstein, Benjamin
(Vilna)
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Epstein, M. B. (unknown)
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Erdi, Sofia (Kamenets Podolskiy)
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Eyzenberg, Aaron
(Lodz)
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Eyzenberg, Avrom (Vasilkov)
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Eyzenshtat, Nechama
(unknown)
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F
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Feyn, Dora (unknown)
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Fidelman (unknown)
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Fisher, Herman (Bendin)
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Fisher, Luba
(Odessa)
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Foystilnik (unknown)
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Fridman, Henech (Warsaw)
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Froymovitsh, Hersh
(unknown)
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G
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Gakhanski, Avraham
(Kishinev)
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Gamerov-Fogel, Esther
(Vilna)
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Garber, Rivka (unknown)
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Garielov, Eliezer
(Moscow)
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Gazel, Rosa (unknown)
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Geduld, Pinie
(Warsaw)
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Gelfand, Ida (unknown)
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German, Israel (unknown)
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Getlicherman,
Moshe-Leib (Warsaw)
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Gimpel. Adolph
(Lemberg)
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Ginzburg, Chaim (Homel)
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Glantz, Yoel (Komorge)
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Glatstein, Israel
(Gostinin)
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Glivitski, Gedalya
(unknown)
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Goldberg, Lili (unknown)
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Goldenberg, Yakov-Moshe
(Iasi)
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Goldfarb, Shmuel
(Warsaw)
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Gordon, Hershl (unknown0
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Gottlieb, Helena
(Grodno)
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Graubart, Benjamin
(unknown)
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Griminger, Asher
(Lemberg)
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Grinshpan, Feivl
(Warsaw)
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Grinshpun, Israel (Zhmerinka)
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Grinshteyn, Chana
(unknown)
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Grodzenski, Aaron
Itzhak (Vekshnya)
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Grossman, Pavel (Vilna?)
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Gurevitsh, Moshe Leib
(Tshzshniki)
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Gurman, Gedalya (Uman)
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Gurvitsh, Moshe (Shavel)
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Gutman, Chaim (Feleshti)
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Gutman, Kalmen (Lodz)
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Gutman, Roza (Bucharest)
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Gutman, Saltshe (Lemberg)
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H
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Halpern, Boris (Most)
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Heller, Itsik (Khush)
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Hermalin, Moshe (unknown) (unknown)
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Hertsberg, Sholem
(Lodz)
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Hilsberg, Devorah
(Vilna)
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Hochberg, Yetta
(Lemberg)
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Hoffman, [?]
(unknown)
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Holender, Leyb (Bobruisk)
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I
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Idina (Grodno)
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Itkin
(unknown)
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K
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Kamai, Israel
(Vilna)
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Kamianov, Aaron (Riga)
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Kaplan, Zunye (unknown)
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Karlos, Mishe (unknown)
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Karpinovitsh, Dora
(Vilna)
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Kasiakov, Vadya (Kiev)
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Katz
(unknown)
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Keymon, Chaim Yosef
(Lublin)
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Keyzerovitsh, Manya
(Tiraspol)
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Khasin, Leyzer (White
Russia)
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Khasin, Misha (unknown)
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Khatshevatsky, Moshe
(Buki)
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Kigel, Yosef (Vinitse)
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Kit, Ben-Zion (unknown)
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Kompaneyets, Israel (Feodosiya)
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Kon,
Motl (Lodz)
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Krause-Miller, Leah
(Hrubieszów)
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Kremer, Betsalel (Vilna)
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Kremer, Isak (Dvinsk)
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Kremer, Yosef (Kharkov)
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Krotshak, Elka (unknown)
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Kroyn, Zalmen (Kishinev)
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Kushnir, Cheykele
(Vilna)
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L
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Lakernik, Naye (Minsk)
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Landau, Simeon (unknown)
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Lashkovska, Regina
(Odessa)
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Leonov, Leonid (unknown)
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Leresko, Adela
(Lemberg)
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Lerner, Chana (Lodz)
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Levibarovska, Leah
(Warsaw)
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Levin, Alter (unknown)
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Levin, Avraham (unknown)
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Leybovitsh, Herts
(Vidoi)
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Leybovitsh, Moti
(Romania)
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Leybovitsh, Tsilye
(Romania)
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Leyptsiker, Mark
(Warsaw)
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Lidin, B. (Parczew)
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Liebgold, Basia (Przemysl)
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Liebgold, Zalmen
(Krakow)
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Lifshits (unknown)
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Likhtenshteyn (unknown)
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Lilit
(unknown)
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Lipinsky, Anka (Warsaw)
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Lizenberg (unknown)
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Lubartovska, Tsilba
(Lodz)
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Ludner, Sonya (Vilna)
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Luft
(unknown)
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M
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Makharovska, Chana
(Odessa)
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Maksimov, M. (Warsaw)
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Maniela, Manye (Warsaw)
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Marchevka, Israel
(Lodz)
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Margolin, Zakhariah
(Pyasikatko)
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Marmo, Grisha (Uman)
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Marsalow, R. (Warsaw)
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Matus, Dina (Lodz)
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Mel,
Hela (Warsaw)
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Mendelevitsh, David
(Kielce)
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Meydelman, Boris
(unknown)
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Miltshin, Isak (Ivenets)
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Minevits, Izzy (unknown)
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Mos, Avraham (unknown)
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Moshkovitsh, Esther
(Lodz)
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Murak, Yosl (Minsk)
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Mutt, Yudl (Vilna)
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N
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Nakhumovitsh, [?] (unknown)
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Nelken, Moshe (Lodz)
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Nerah (Vilna)
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Neymiler, Zelde (unknown)
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Nikolayevski, Meir (Smiela
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O
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Orenshteyn, Yosef
(unknown)
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P
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Papierin, Moshe (Vilna)
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Pastor, Moshe
(Lodz)
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Pavlotsiki, Mishe
(unknown)
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Petlakh, Shaye (unknown)
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Pilnik, Eliyahu (unknown)
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Polakevitsh, Moshe
(Warsaw)
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Polanski, Chaim (Uman)
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Polanski, Rita (unknown)
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Porski, H.
(Vilna)
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Pyekarnik, Yakov
(Warsaw)
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R
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Rabinovitsh, Lyuba
(unknown)
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Rakhmanov, [?] (Kiev)
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Rakhmanov, Leyzer
(White Russia)
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Ran, Moshe (Vilna)
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Ratner, Manye (Odessa)
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Raukh, Leyzer (Iasi)
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Reykhman, [?] (unknown))
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Reyski, Boris (unknown)
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Reyzer, Aneta (unknown)
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Reyzfeder, Yakov
(Warsaw)
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Ribak,
[?] (unknown)
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Rinsler (Kiev)
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Riskind, M. (unknown)
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Rosen, Dr. Avraham
(Iasi)
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Rot, Gershon (Lemberg)
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Rotblum, Israel (Lodz)
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Rotshteyn, Felia
(unknown)
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Roytman, Ben-Tsion
(Kishinev)
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Rozanietski, Oziash
(Bialystok)
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Rozenberg, Avraham
(Romania)
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Rozenberg, Lyuba
(unknown)
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Rozenberg, Tuviya-Gedalyahu
(Czernowitz)
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Rozenfarb, Herman
(Warsaw)
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Rozentsveyg, Regina
(unknown)
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Rubin, Melech (Warsaw)
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Rubinshteyn, Nakhum
(Kherson)
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Rutenberg, Yekutiel
(Vilna)
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S
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Salman, Kalman (Bialystok)
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Sandler, Rosa (unknown)
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Sapozhnikov, Izzy
(Kiev)
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Schechter, Emanuel
(unknown)
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Schechter, Leon
(Czernowitz)
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Schilling, Rosa (Lemberg)
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Schwartz, Leah (Ostrog)
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Segalsko, Albert (Vaslui)
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Serbsky, Yakov
(Kremenchug)
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Shapira, Genya (unknown)
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Shapiro, Fime
(Vilna)
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Sheftel, Shmuel (Vilna)
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Shekhter, Aaron (unknown)
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Shekhtman, Manuel (Lipnike)
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Shekhtman, Yakov (Lipnike)
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Shenkman, Yosele
(unknown)
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Shevtolovitsh (unknown)
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Sheyn, Manya (unknown)
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Shkliar (unknown)
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Shlakman, Shlomo
(Lublin)
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Shmayen, Nekhemya
(unknown)
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Shrage, Kh. (unknown)
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Shtabziv, Moshe (Warsaw)
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Shternbakh, Sammy
(unknown)
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Shub, Lyuba (unknown)
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Shurek, Berta (Romania)
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Shvets, Isak (unknown)
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Skarbnik, Zalmen
(unknown)
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Slavina, Fanya (unknown)
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Smargonski, Rafael
(Riga)
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Sorokin, Froyke
(Kishinev)
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Spivak, Isak (unknown) (see
2nd v.)
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Starkovitsh (unknown)
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Stein, Adolf
(Czernowitz)
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Stober, Avraham
(Warsaw)
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Strashun,
Tsili (unknown)
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Surits, Moshe (Dvinsk)
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Surits, Rosa Leah (Dvinsk)
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T
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Tamarkin, Kh. (unknown)
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Tankel,
[?] (unknown)
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Tefner, Wolf (unknown)
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Tokman, Aleksander
(unknown)
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Treger, Tsalik (Odessa)
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Trokiner, Chaya (Vilna)
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Troyanovski, Leybl
(Warsaw)
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Troyman, Leyb (Rogova)
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Tselzar, Rina (unknown)
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Tsesarski (unknown)
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Tsesin, Isak (unknown)
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Tshetshilnitski, Avram
(Uman)
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Tsimlikh, Berl (Warsaw)
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Tsimlikh, Leah (Warsaw)
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Tsipkina, Fanya (unknown)
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Turevski, David (Romne)
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Turkow, Rachel (Warsaw)
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U
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Ulrich
(Lemberg)
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Urich, Pepi (Lemberg)
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Urich, Sammy (Lemberg)
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Urich, Tsile (Lemberg)
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V
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Vai,
Gava (Brisk)
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Vaksman, Berl (unknown)
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Vasereykh, Mishe (Lodz)
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Vaynberg, Karl (Warsaw)
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Vaynberg, Sonya (Odessa)
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Vaysbeyn, Chaim (Vitebsk)
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Veksler, Misha (Vilna)
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Vetshteyn, Klara
(Lemberg)
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Viktorov, Vitya/Avigdor
(unknown)
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Vladir, Velvl (Kishinev)
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Vorobeytshik (unknown)
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W
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Wasserman, Jakob (Plotsk)
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Weiner, Leyb (Vilna)
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Weinstock, Simcha
(Lodz)
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Weintraub-Graf, Leah
(Botashan)
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Weissberg, Rachel (Sadagora)
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Wolfstat, Avraham (Chęciny)
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Y
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Yiddish Ghetto
Theatre (Pietrkov Trybunalski)
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Yofe, Moshe (unknown)
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Yofe, Yakov (unknown)
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Yungvirt, Ernestine
(Krakow)
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Yungvirt, Leopold
(Krakow)
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Z
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Zagorin, Zalmen (Vilna)
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Zakharov, Zakharia
(unknown)
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Zayderman, Harry
(unknown)
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Zeldish, Yakov (unknown)
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Zelman, Leon (Warsaw)
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Zevin, Lev (unknown)
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Zeyde, Chava (Rava-Biala)
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Zeyderman, Moshe (Lodz)
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Zhilbert, Pinke (unknown)
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Zigel, Naum (unknown)
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Zilbershtayn, Beynish
(Vampyezshov)
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Zorin,
[?] (unknown)
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Zubak, Sara (unknown)
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