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1942: Can We Escape from the Pletzl Paris?
Author(s): Helen Frais
This illustrated play is inspired by the testimony of Berthe Rappaport, who, at six years old, was saved by a non-Jewish neighbor from arrest and subsequent deportation. The play is set during the Vél d'Hiv Roundup, the largest French deportation of Jews during the Holocaust, which took place on July 16–17, 1942. The play studies the impact of the roundup on les enfants cachés, the hidden Jewish children, whose lives were turned upside down in this disaster.
Format: Illustrated play
Running Time: 60 minutes
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Nationality of Author: British
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Hiding | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Escape | Resistance | Righteous Gentiles | Rescue
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