National Jewish Theater Foundation – Holocaust Theater Catalog
The Holocaust Theater Catalog launched in 2010 with an inaugural grant from John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the first and only online catalog containing the names of plays from 1933 to the present with informative entries for a wide range of users. Designed for students, scholars, educators, artists, and the public, it features over 1,000 curated titles in multiple languages, with detailed entries, translations, and scholarly resources. The Catalog is overseen by lead scholar Dr. Alvin Goldfarb of the NJTF-HTII Advisory Board and is publicly accessible at the University of Miami’s Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies.
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Currently the Holocaust Theater Catalog has chronicled over 1000 theater works from around the world relating to the Holocaust. Whether you are a theater artist, educator, student, museum/memorial official or interested member of the public, it is our wish that we serve as a valuable tool and resource.
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A Personal Welcome to the Holocaust Theater Catalog
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...
Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.