A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Throne of Straw
An epic play that employs music and song to tell the tale of Chaim Rumkowski, the leader of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, who is manipulated by the Nazis into the moral quandary of having to decide whether to give up some Jews to possibly save others.
Format:Historical drama
Snapshot
Nationality of Author:U.S.
Experience(s) Chronicled:The Ghettos
Tags: Lodz, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, Judenrat
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