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ALBUM KARLA HÖCKERA
Album Karl Hocker is an attempt to understand the historical catastrophe of Auschwitz from the perspective of the perpetrators. Using documentary theatre techniques, improvisation, research and scripted drama, the piece explores the all-too-human men and women who carried out the final solution. By reanimating the photographs, the audience is invited to bear witness to the ordinary daily lives of the workers, managers, and executives who ran the Auschwitz death factory.
Cast Size:2F, 3M
Notes:
Date and place of various productions: Malta Festival, Poznan (2015); Sopot Non-Fiction Festival (2015 & 2016); Interpretations Festival, Katowice (2015); The Tianjin Caoyu Festival, Tianjin and Harbin (2016); Chantiers D’ Europe Festival, Paris (2016); Festival de Liege (2017); theaterszene Europa Festival, Koln (2017)
Study guides or support material: The company offer practical workshops for students alongside performances – contact Paul Bargetto for further information.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Instytut Teatralny, Warsaw (January 2015)
Instytut Teatralny, Warsaw (January 2015)
Original Source Material: Album of photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp that belonged to an SS officer named Karl Höcker
Nationality of Author:
Original Language: Polish
Production Rights Holder:
Paul Bargetto, https://teatrtransatlantyk.com
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators
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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.