“Florence Waren”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

She moved to Europe from South Africa in 1938, and was soon hired by the Bal Tabarin. In 1939 she was offered a place in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but World War II began before she could join.^[2]

During the occupation of Paris the Bal Tabarin was frequented by German officers; she performed there then.^[2] Unknown to the Germans, she was Jewish, but she was still interned for several months in late 1940 as an enemy alien, because as a South African, she was a British citizen.^[2] On her release she returned to the Bal Tabarin and paired up with Frederic Apcar to form the dancing duo "Florence et Frederic".^[2] They became famous, appearing on stage with the likes of Edith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier, while Waren at the same time aided the French Resistance.^[2]^[3] She hid fellow Jews in her apartment, helped Jews find their way from one safe house to the next, smuggled supplies and arms to the French Resistance, and, after a performance in Germany for French prisoners of war, collected letters prisoners had written to their relatives, which if discovered could have made her a prisoner.^[2] In 1944 Frederic rented a house in the suburbs to hide her and several other Jewish performers after learning she was to be arrested.^[4]

Florence married Stanley Waren in 1949, who she met performing in New York at the Copacabana with Frederic.^[2] She then ended the dancing duo with Frederic (but trained a replacement); Frederic died in 2008.^[2] Florence stayed in New York with Stanley and appeared on the Kate Smith and Ed Sullivan shows, as well as in plays.^[2] She also choreographed shows Stanley directed in Africa, Taiwan, and China.^[2] From approximately 1973 until 1983, she was a professor of theater and dance at City College, and she led the department for part of that time.^[2] She was also a dance panelist on the New York State Council on the Arts.^[2]

She died in 2011, and her obituary was included in The Socialite who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands: And 144 Other Fascinating People who Died this Year, a collection of New York Times obituaries published in 2012.^[5]

There is a documentary about her by her son Mark Waren, titled Dancing Lessons.^[6] He also made two documentaries about her friends, Romance and Resistance and The Count of Montmarte.^[6] Romance and Resistance is about Gisy Varga, a Hungarian-born nude dancer at the Bal Tabarin who had an affair with a Jewish doctor and hid him from the Nazis.^[6] The Count of Montmarte is about Mario Lembo, a gay Italian aristocrat-turned-performer and member of Josephine Baker’s touring company, who supported the resistance and aided Jews.^[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/famed-dancer-and-holocaust-survivor-florence-waren-dies-at-95/10225|title=Famed Dancer and Holocaust Survivor Florence Waren Dies at 95|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018084850/http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/famed-dancer-and-holocaust-survivor-florence-waren-dies-at-95/10225|archivedate=2014-10-18|df=}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/europe/florence-waren-dancer-who-resisted-nazis-dies-at-95.html | title=Florence Waren, Jewish Dancer who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 95 | date=4 August 2012 | agency=New York Times | accessdate=15 October 2014 | author=Grady, Denise | location=New York}}
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43gk1ntIP88C | title=The Socialite who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands: And 144 Other Fascinating People who Died this Year | publisher=New York Times | year=2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4266064,00.html|title=Jewish dancer who resisted Nazis dies at 95|work=ynet}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43gk1ntIP88C&pg=PA355 |title=The Socialite Who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands and 143 Other ...|publisher=}}
6. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/articles/8288/new-york-/|title=NEW YORK|date=3 October 2003|work=The Jewish Daily Forward}}