“Committees” and separate [. . .] associations are set up. The committees of the events commission of the Jewish Council Board headed by a Rozen148 have separate representatives. Commission members: Marek, Ryba, Jurandot, Samberg, Regro, Lin, Sztokfeder, Cajtlin, and Popower. Polish authors form (in practice, unofficially) a branch of the former Union of Polish Stage Artists.149 They are trying to conclude contracts following the union rules. Jewish actors are associated in the former Union of Jewish Stage Artist150 [. . .] headed by [. . .] [42] introduced before the war. The relations between the two branches are horrible. Most “Polish” actors live in splendid isolation151 and hold contempt for the “jargon buffoons.” They are [. . .] converts who avoided contacts with Jewry. [. . .]—they are well connected. I am referring to “Polish artists”—favoured by Community dignitaries [. . .] hence they represent [. . .] privileged. In conversation with Jewish [. . .] their grievance towards their [. . .] is pretty visible. Minowicz (by the way, a decent Jew!) is the only exception. Nobody complains about him. But everyone else thinks themselves superior! (aside from adepts brought down low by the ghetto life). [. . .] the boards of these “Committees” are not elected by means of free elections, which have been outlawed. Hence, the board is self-appointed and most members do not recognize it. Lin (who is he?) in the Polish one and Samber in the Jewish one throw their weight around [. . .] [43] The highest salary is 1,000 zlotys for Znicz. Other salaries are 600−700 zlotys (Minowicz, Grodzieńska, theatre managers, theatre directors). All other salaries are not enough to get by or [. . .] actors such as Grodzieńska, [. . .], Chana Lerner,152 Blumenfeld, [. . .] earn extra money through performances [. . .] But others have to make do with the salary [. . .]. Those who have an additional occupation are in a better position, but there are just a few of them. The rank-and-file can only rely on their occupation, which was not particularly profitable even before the war. Any Polish provincial actor or any Jewish [. . .] was
