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- 1 2 3 http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/printarticle.aspx?id=2195 YIVO encyclopedia
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19780.html Jewish virtual library
- ↑ Zalmen Zylbercweig, Leksikon fun Yidishn teater, Book one, pp. 216-217
