Character dancer and pantomime actress. Born into the family of Aizick Edelberg, a butcher from Aizpute, and his wife Genya, Tatjana changed her name from Tsipora Edelberg. As a child, she received ballet lessons and became a dancer. She moved to Germany and wed George Waldman, who later took the stage name of Marcel Boisier and became famous as a singer, composer, master of ceremonies, and dancer. Tatjana specialized in performing character Chinese and Russian dances in cabarets and variety shows. She performed in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt, France, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Considered beautiful, she was a muse for artists from the group called "Young Rheinland". The artists Christian Rolf, Otto Pancock, Yupp Rubzamm, Menne Hundt, Gerdt Volheimall all portrayed her in their canvases. After Hitler came to power in 1933, Tatjana retreated to France, where she danced on the stage of the theatre "Academy". At the beginning of World War II Tatjana was interned at Gurs and then released in January 1940. She was arrested again in January 1944 and imprisoned in the concentration camp Drancy. In February 1944 Tatjana was deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber. In 1986, in Paris, her ex-colleague, Julia Tardi-Markus, instituted the "Tatjana Barbakoff Prize" to encourage young talented dancers. Part of an exposition in the Dusseldorf city museum is devoted to Tatjana Barbakoff, displaying her playbills, photos, and stage costumes. An oil on wood portrait of Barbakoff painted by Gert Heinrich Wollheim in 1928, is in the possession of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Character dancer and pantomime actress. Born into the family of Aizick Edelberg, a butcher from Aizpute, and his wife Genya, Tatjana changed her name from Tsipora Edelberg. As a child, she received ballet lessons and became a dancer. She moved to Germany and wed George Waldman, who later took the stage name of Marcel Boisier and became famous as a singer, composer, master of ceremonies, and dancer. Tatjana specialized in performing character Chinese and Russian dances in cabarets and variety shows. She performed in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt, France, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Considered beautiful, she was a muse for artists from the group called "Young Rheinland". The artists Christian Rolf, Otto Pancock, Yupp Rubzamm, Menne Hundt, Gerdt Volheimall all portrayed her in their canvases. After Hitler came to power in 1933, Tatjana retreated to France, where she danced on the stage of the theatre "Academy". At the beginning of World War II Tatjana was interned at Gurs and then released in January 1940. She was arrested again in January 1944 and imprisoned in the concentration camp Drancy. In February 1944 Tatjana was deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber. In 1986, in Paris, her ex-colleague, Julia Tardi-Markus, instituted the "Tatjana Barbakoff Prize" to encourage young talented dancers. Part of an exposition in the Dusseldorf city museum is devoted to Tatjana Barbakoff, displaying her playbills, photos, and stage costumes. An oil on wood portrait of Barbakoff painted by Gert Heinrich Wollheim in 1928, is in the possession of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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