Nine Suitcases

Author(s): David Prince
Adapted for stage from Béla Zsolt’s memoir of his experiences in the ghetto of Nagyvarad and as a forced laborer in the Ukraine during World War II. Describes the persecution and suffering of Hungarian Jews under Nazi and Hungarian Fascist rule, and depicts the lengths human beings will go in extreme circumstances to escape death.
Format:One-man play

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Nationality of Author:Welsh
Experience(s) Chronicled:Escape | The Ghettos
Tags: Béla Zsolt

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