Contact with the Enemy

Author(s): Frank D. Gilroy
Two men who witnessed the first concentration camp overrun by the Allies in April, 1945, meet by chance at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. What they remember differs. What they discover explodes.
Format: Short play/drama
Cast Size:3M/2F

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, November to December 1999.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:

Samuel French

Production Rights Holder:

Samuel French

Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps

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