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The Dentist
Rosi is a lonely 50-year-old physician who is coming to terms with her childhood as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She tells the story of her father at his graveside. He was arrested by the Gestapo and taken to Auschwitz where he was forced into the Sonderkommando unit. His experiences at the camp alienated him from his family. But before he dies, Rosi learns of her father's past and is able to forgive him.
Format: One-woman monologue
Cast Size:1F
Running Time: 70 minutes
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Contact Razia Israely: raziaisr@smile.net.il
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
2006, Woman Festival Holon Theatre, Israel; 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
2006, Woman Festival Holon Theatre, Israel; 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Original Source Material: Dr. Gideon Greif's book We Wept Without Tears: Testimonies of the Jewish Sonderkommando from Auschwitz.
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: English, and also performed in Hebrew
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.