Yitzchak Lowy Explained

Yitzchak Lowy (1887–1942), also known as Yitskhok Levi, Jizchak Löwy, Jacques Levy, Djak Levi, was a Polish Yiddish theater actor.

Early life; career

Lowy was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1907, he joined a Yiddish theater troupe and toured Europe. From October 1911 through 1912, the troupe stayed in Prague, where Lowy became good friends with Austrian-Czech writer Franz Kafka.

Death

From the Warsaw Ghetto, it is likely that he was deported in the summer of 1942 and then murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gray, Richard T.. Ruth V. Gross . Rolf J. Goebel . A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia . Greenwood Publishing Group. pg. 183. 2005. 344. 0-313-30375-4.