Jacob Mansdorf archives

Collection description

Scope and content:: This fonds contains photos (mainly of theatre performers), as well as the manuscript of an adaptation of a play by Mansdorf (A Hulem fun a Baron. Le faux Napoléon by Georges Kaizer), and printed material such as his biography, published in 1958. (See box 165)

Administrative/biographical history:: Jacob Mansdorf was born in Balitz, in the Kielce region in Poland, in 1902. He studied drama which then became his profession; he acted and also directed theatrical productions. After graduating from a theatre school in Warsaw in 1925, he worked for the studio of David Herman in the Polish capital and in the provinces; later he would act in the Azazel troupe, before joining the Vilna Troupe (in 1927). He married Marische (Myriam); the couple had a son, Michael. Myriam Mansdorf lived in Brussels after the war and moved to Tel Aviv around 1950. She designed sets and costumes. (Fonds Jacob Mansdorf (BE / MJB / Fonds Jacob Mansdorf))

Access, restrictions:: Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Finding aids:: There is a preliminary inventory of the Jewish Museum of Belgium. There is also a deposit list (1985).