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...
Mendelssohn Does Not Live Here Anymore
Author(s): Henrik Eger
Because of the scarcity of wallpaper during WWII, Gritt, a beautiful musician, papers the walls with old music sheets, including her newly discovered favorite, unaware of Felix Mendelssohn's Jewish background. After her dedicated officer husband Alf's initial erotic bantering, he discovers his wife’s love for Mendelssohn’s music and flies into a rage. He then tries to educate her on the danger of Jewish art and music. She does not understand his violent anti-Semitism and refuses to give up her love for Mendelssohn's music. Her resistance leads to his destructive action and a surprise ending.
Format:Short play
Snapshot
Nationality of Author:German
Experience(s) Chronicled:Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Women and the Holocaust | Righteous Gentiles | European Jewry Before the Holocaust
Tags: Mendelssohn
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