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Photographs of the
Yiddish Art Theatre Troupe
1940
s


 

DRAY MATONES
(Three Gifts)
1945
From left: Luba Kadison, Maurice Schwartz and Berta Gerstin.

 

DOS GEZANG FUN DNIEPER
(The Song of the Dnieper)
1946
Maurice Schwartz, Joseph Rumshinsky, Zalman Schneour, and David Licht holding a copy of "Song of the Dnieper."
 

SHYLOK UN ZAYN TEKHTER
(Shylock and His Daughters)
1947
Theatre still

 

HERSHELE OSTROPOLER
(Hershele the Jester)
1948
Theatre still. Maurice Schwartz, standing, second from the left.

 

YOSELE SOLOVEY
(Yosele the Nightingale)
1949
Maurice Schwartz standing in the back; Lucy German seated, wearing a scarf.


 


 

 

 
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