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Before She Is Even Born
Author(s): Leah Friedman
The play opens in the back of a Bronx tenement in 1945, as Raisal, a Jewish immigrant mother who is pregnant hangs her laundry and is confronted by her guilt-ridden memories. Through flashbacks, she remembers her childhood in prewar Poland, and then taking her diffident sister's passport, and immigrating to the United States. After she leaves, Raisal's mother, sister and her sister's daughter perish in the Holocaust. Raisal confronts questions regarding her survival and identity.
Format:Drama
Snapshot
Nationality of Author:U.S.
Experience(s) Chronicled:Survivors and Subsequent Generations
Tags: family, memories, guilt, passport
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