Herman Yablokoff

Yablokoff was born in 1902 in Grodno, Polish Lithuania. He graduated from a Hebrew school and sang as a choir boy with Yoshe Slonimer, the city cantor. Then he traveled around with other cantors.

During the war, Yablokoff was taken by theatre director Guzik into his troupe, where he made his debut in a child’s role as “Isrolik” in Thomashefsky’s  “Dos pintele yid.” 

Later he moved into adult roles in Lipovski's and Kompaneyets' troupes and worked with the ”Kovner United Troupe” for four years and then traveled around to such countries as Latvia, Germany and Holland.