Chaja Goldstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish-Dutch dancer and singer
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Place of Birth: Rypin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
About Chaja Goldstein
- Chaja Ruchel Goldstein (July 2, 1908 – January 27, 1999) was a Polish-born Dutch dancer and singer. The daughter of Jacob Schyja Goldstein and Laja Bromberger, she was born in a ghetto in Rypin.
- At the age of ten, she moved to Berlin with her family.
- Goldstein began performing in 1931, dancing and singing Yiddish songs at a Jewish theatre.
- She lived with the painter György Kepes and had an affair with the Dutch artist Wijnand Grijzen.
- In 1933, with the rise to power of the Nazis, she moved to Amsterdam.
- There, she taught dance and gymnastics and also performed in theatres such as the Amsterdam City Theater and the Kurhaus of Scheveningen.
- Goldstein joined the cabaret performing group Ping Pong.
- She also performed with Trudi Schoop's ballet company in various locations around the world.
- Goldstein appeared in an experimental colour film by Paul Schuitema in 1946.
- In 1948, she moved to New York City with her husband.
- She was not treated well there and stopped performing in 1951.
- Her husband became ill and she returned to Amsterdam in 1973; he died five years later.
- Goldstein emigrated to Israel in 1981.She married Theodor Johann Heinrich Güsten in 1937.Goldstein died in Netanya at the age of 90.
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