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...
Wild Beasts Among You
Author(s): Michael David
This is the story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, keepers of the Warsaw Zoo. The play unfolds in the living room of the Zabinski villa on the zoo grounds, from where we witness the invasion and destruction of the zoo as well as the resolve of the Zabinskis to use their home and the remaining animal cages to shelter Jews throughout most of the war. More than 30 characters—the Zabinski family, friends, sheltered Jews, Nazi officers and more—provide the qualities of determination, commitment, humor, compassion, cruelty and forgiveness that makes the Zabinski’s story so unforgettable.
Format:Full-length play
Snapshot
Nationality of Author:U.S.
Experience(s) Chronicled:Hiding | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | The Ghettos | Resistance | Women and the Holocaust | Righteous Gentiles | European Jewry Before the Holocaust
Tags: Warsaw, zoo
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