Menasze Oppenheim
Title
Menasze Oppenheim
Birth Date
1905-09-18
Birthplace
Eastern Poland (Russia)
Death Date
1973-09-23
Occupation
singer in Yiddish, composer and lyricist
Biographical Text
Equally popular on screen and on the stage, Oppenheim typically took the singing parts of the handsome suitor in films. His film performances and recordings are in Yiddish. He survived the war in the Soviet Union. After the war he left for South America and eventually settled in New York, where he continued to perform in Yiddish theatre.
Bibliography
Lerski, Tomasz. Syrena Record: pierwsza polska wytwórnia fonograficzna; Poland’s first recording company, 1904-1939. New York; Warsaw: Editions Karin, 2004.
Associations
ZAiKS
Deathplace
New York
AKA
M.O.
Mieczysław Oppenheim
Collection
Citation
“Menasze Oppenheim,” Jewish Life in Interwar Łódź , accessed December 14, 2024, https://jewish-lodz.iu.edu/items/show/63.