The Infamous Courtesan from the Russian Ghetto | La Païva

Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode, we are looking into the life of Esther Lachmann known as la Païva! A 19th century courtesan who became extremely wealthy!

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[bunnymad]

Yay! Been hanging out! thanks for your hard work. xx. "She's at least 40 ... " says a male who was at least 50 but still considered himself a catch. Nothing much has changed! As they say - women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street, bald with a beer gut and think they're still sexy". lol.

[MsSilentsiren]

How the hell these people get around like this and I can't even get a man to say hello to me?

[TisHotMessHistory]

I need a part 2 because I want to know how his wife reacted upon finding his dead wife in the attic. Did she tell him to remove her at once? I need to know!
Great video!

[pandorasbox]

It's amazing how you find these almost nobody people, historically speaking, with such fascinating stories of eventful lives. Don't stop what you're doing, because this is one of my favorite curiosity channels I listen to to relax and find much inspiration from.

[Presca]

Can you imagine, you marry your husband and you're rummaging around in the attic or something and find his former wife in embalming fluids? OMG

[juneroberts]

No matter how one feels about her tactics, she did exceptionally well for someone born with three strikes against them (female, poor, Jewish).

Fascinating story, thanks!

[karenjarrett]

She was going to obtain her goal, come heck or high water. Well done I do so enjoy your narration. Thank you again for all the hard work you do.

[brendaholliday]

What a fascinating story about this courtesan's life. I hadn't heard of her but I was riveted to every word of your story about her. I wonder what happened to her son and daughter and did they know about their mother's lifestyle. I was surprised that she ended up a wealthy woman because most courtesan's end up penniless. Great investigating of this story!

[elisianez]

There's a mexican saying that goes "A woman has more pull than a team of oxen"

[mustangnawt]

Hooker, gold digger, child
abandoner. Rich in the pocket poor in the heart. Great story. Thank you

[katharinegarcia]

You pronounce these names so perfectly.

[jeraldbaxter]

What I really like about your videos is your knack for presenting the positive aspects of peoples lives, without avoiding the sadness. In today's world we are bombarded with negativity; you are a refreshing balance of reality (the positive and the negative) that we need.

[preciousalley]

Fun fact, the womam in the thumbnail is not La Paiva. She is actually la Belle Otero, another famous and rich ( not in later life though ) courtesan.

[chaqillenikita]

Very, very interesting. Her life story reads like a great example of what can happen when sheer determination meets seizing the opportunity. She just went for it, didn’t she? Amazing story 😊

[mdstanton]

Morals aside, she sounded like she must have been intelligent to navigate a sexist and antisemitic time and still end up with all that money and all those men

[cynthiacarr]

OMG! WOW she was something! Great Video! IG models now are doing the same thing😁

[sinjinmonsoon]

You have a good voice for narrating and presenting a programme.

[esterherschkovich]

Sad to leave her children but yet, they were better off without her.. boy she had some crazy courage..and in Hebrew Chutzpah..Cheek!!!

[nancyM]

Thanks Flives. Really enjoyed this story. Didn't know about this woman. I can see her managing well in our time. Now, she would have been on one of the Housewives of Show!
Stay safe.💜

[ashleydebartolo]

Looking at photos of her online.. her bed is incredible!! Very “The birth of Venus”