My thanks to Montreal burlesque performer Velma Cabriole for tipping me off about this incredible, inspiring, if ultimately grim story. It concerns Franceska Mann (Franciszka Manheimer, 1917-43), a Polish Jew who was considered one of the most promising dancers of her generation in her native country (and internationally as well " she placed 4th in an […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM on February 4, 2020