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.
Remembering Yiddish Actors Yankev Waislitz and Rokhl Holtzer
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Paula Boltman, former actress in the Melbourne Yiddish theater, shows a photograph from and recalls a particular play she performed with the well-known Yiddish actors Yankev Waislitz and Rokhl Holtzer. She then goes on to explain that while she didn’t perform much with Yankev Waislitz, she was very close to Rokhl Holtzer, who, without children herself, considered Paula a daughter.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Paula Boltman.
This excerpt is in English.
Paula Boltman was born in Hamburg, Germany.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
