The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
She Always Called Me “Tokhterl”: A Special Relationship with Yiddish Actor Rokhl Holtzer
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Paula Boltman, former Yiddish actor, explains how she met the Yiddish actor Rokhl Holtzer in Melbourne, Australia, and the special bond they formed and maintained through the rest of Holtzer’s life.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Paula Boltman.
This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.
Paula Boltman was born in Hamburg, Germany.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
