What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the revival of Yiddish theatre in Paris following the Holocaust and Nazi occupation.

February 12, 2026

The Yiddish Art Theatre in Paris after the Holocaust, 1944–1950

Puntos clave

To explore the revival of Yiddish theatre in Paris following the Holocaust and Nazi occupation.
Detailed historical analysis of performances from 1944 to 1950
Examination of primary sources such as advertisements and theatre programs
Contextualization of Yiddish cultural activity in postwar Paris
Yiddish actors resumed performances almost immediately after Paris was liberated.
The Théâtre Lancry became a central venue for Yiddish cultural activities post-1944.
Despite the ongoing war, the first performance was advertised in December 1944, indicating a strong cultural revival.

Resumen

Abstract: Almost as soon as Paris was liberated from Nazi Occupation on 25 August 1944, Yiddish actors took back the stages on which they had once performed. In fact, on 20 December 1944, while war and the Holocaust still raged, a small cohort of actors produced what they advertised in the Naye prese as the “first grand performance by the ‘Yiddish folks-bine .’” This performance was to take place at the four-hundred-seat Théâtre Lancry, a performance space located in Paris's 10th arrondissement, not far from the Place de la République and the Marais. “Lancry,” as it was known, had played host to Yiddish theatre as early as 1903 and, during the interwar years, it was the center of Parisian Yiddish cultural activity: dozens of theatre performances occurred there and it was where the Kultur-lige pariz was based, among other institutions. During the postwar years, it also went by the name Théâtre de la République after 1947 and Théâtre du Nouveau-Lancry after 1951, but many still referred to it simply as “Lancry.”

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