Given name: Michał Family name: Znicz (9)

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an actor

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Actor - master of ceremonies in the first recital of Wiera Gran in the ghetto; he was one of the Femina soloists.

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Actor, he participated in artistic soiree in revue 'Candle at mezzanine' ('Znicz na pieterku') in 'Teatrzyk na Pieterku', played in Melody in 'Matinée of J. Tuwim works' (Poranek utworów J.Tuwima'), in matinée at Korczak’s Orphanage, in the Stefania Grodzienska benefit in the 'Nowy Teatr Kameralny' - superb stage power - in the role of Nuchemce in 'Mirla Efros' in the title role in 'My Wives Betray Me' ('Moje zony mnie zdradzaja') in the excellent role of yard player' (grajek) in 'Treasure under street lamp'('Skarb pod latarnia'), in the' Nowy Teatr Kameralny' (NTK) in the role of Teofilaw, in the leading role in 'Power of money'(Potega pieniadza') - Barid in the leading role in 'Dr Berghof sees frp, 2 to 4'('Dr Berghof przyjmuje 2-4') - in the role of dr Axt; 25 years' jubilee - 1 March 1942.

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in spring 1942 he used to perform in artistic soirees

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actor of the 'Nowy Teatr Kameralny' (NTK)

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Actor in the' Nowy Teatr Kameralny' (NTK) - he moved to the 'Teatr Na Pieterku', also for children.

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an actor, a neophyte

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An actor. An active participant of the Actors’ Brigade in Polish language at the Centos (the Central Organization for Orphan Care) in the Warsaw Ghetto. Before the war, he used to perform in a Polish theatre. He was perfect in tragic and especially comic parts. In the ghetto, he played leading parts in the Marek Ornsztajn's theatre. He also willingly performed for children. Just before the First Action he went insane... He was sent to the Jewish department for the insane in Zofiowka (sanatorium for mentally ill patients in Otwock). During the action he committed suicide.

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nephew of Irena Birnbaum's neighbour

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Gran (Grynberg), Wiera; Sztafeta oszczercow (A Relay of Slanderers)

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Berg, Mary; Dziennik z getta warszawskiego (Warsaw Ghetto Diary)

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Bryskier, Henryk fragmenty relacji drukowane w "Pamietniki z getta warszawskiego. Fragmenty i regesty" (Warsaw Ghetto Memoirs. Fragments and Regests), ed. M. Grynberg

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Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto: the 'journal' of Emanuel Ringelblum; Emanuel Ringelblum’s work was edited and translated into English by Jacob Sloan, and published in New York by McGraw-Hill Book Company, cop. 1958 under the title Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto: the 'Journal' of Emanuel Ringelblum

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