Pepi Litman (also spelled Peppi or Pepi Littmann) was a Jewish performer in early 20th-century Yiddish theater. She was famous for being a male impersonator —performing as a katzener (female singer who plays male roles) in an era when women were barred from traditional Yiddish performance troupes unless disguised as boys or men. Step 2: Establish her birth location According to Yiddish theater archives, biographical dictionaries (e.g., Zalmen Zylbercweig’s “Leksikon fun yidishn teater” ), and theater historian research, Pepi Litman was born in: