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Avramale, the Boy from There
Author(s): The Ghetto Fighter's House
Performed as part of the Theater in the Museum program at the Yad Layeled Children's Memorial Museum. The play continues the story of a boy who survived the Holocaust and presents the difficulties and conflicts that accompanied his re-integration into life and society in Israel. The play adds an extra dimension to the contents of an exhibition at the Children's Memorial Museum “Here Began My Childhood” (stories of children who survived the Holocaust) and creates ties to other social issues.
Format: Drama
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Original or Prominent Production:
Yad Layeled Children's Memorial Museum, Western Galilee, Israel.
Yad Layeled Children's Memorial Museum, Western Galilee, Israel.
Original Source Material: Based on testimonies of Holocaust child survivors.
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language:
Production Rights Holder:
Yad Layeled Children’s Memorial Museum, The Ghetto Fighters’ House – Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Israel.
Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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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.