Freak Show
Title
Freak Show
Description
Ad from Najer Folksblat publicizing a 1930 exhibition of curiosities, or "freak shows," as they were known at the time. Here, the focus is on human deformities billed as "wonders of nature."
Publisher
Najer Folksblat no. 39
Date
1930
Language
Yiddish
Type
newspaper ad
Text
Mauzoleum/ fun merkvirdigkaytn / Pietrikover 30 / Vunder fun der natur! – Nokhn gezund veren fun dem / Lebedigen mensh-khaye ken men vider zehen / Greste ferzehenish fun natur! 10-yehrig kind vegt 250 kilo / Lebedig kind-ariz / Ayngang in ale optaylungen 1 zl. – Tetig a gantsen tog.
Translation
Mausoleum / of curiosities / Piotrkowska 30 / Wonder of nature! – After he becomes healthy / Living man-beast, can be seen again / Greatest freak of nature! 10-year-old child weighs 250 kilos / Living child-giant / Admittance for all sections 1 złoty. – Open whole day.
Collection
Citation
“Freak Show,” Jewish Life in Interwar Łódź , accessed December 10, 2024, https://jewish-lodz.iu.edu/items/show/108.