Lola Folman

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Lola Folman 1908-1979

Wikidata: Q6668818

Lola Folman was a popular singer and a soloist. She attended the famous choir of Szneur in Warsaw. Due to her blessed talents she reached the level of a master, as a singer and as a folklorist who sings Jewish popular songs.

In the 30s she was very famous and loved by many Jews and the Jewish theater critiques. She used to participate in programs of entertainment theaters in Poland and in addition took part in balls which were dedicated to the folklore Jewish melodies.

She settled in New York.

http://www.zchor.org/fater/lexicon.htm (= from Fater, Issachar. Yidishe Muzik in Poyln: Tsvishn beyde velt-milkhomes/Jewish Music in Poland Between the Two World Wars. Tel Aviv, Velt-Federatsye fun Poylishe Yidn, 1970)