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Die Kinder der toten Stadt – Musikdrama gegen das Vergessen
The children in the city: Hannah, 15. Albert, 15. Lea, 14. Michael, 13. Lisa, 10. Dana, 8. Benjamin, 6. Three friends of Albert. The children’s choir.
The adults in the city: The Composer. The Composer’s Wife. The Pianist. The Teacher. The Prisoners. The Commander.
The Soldiers. Members of the International Committee. The Narrator.
Date of authorship: June 23th, 2018
Study guides or support material: The Deutsche Institut für Erinnerungskultur (German Institute for Remembrance Culture) provides educational material, text and sheet music for all schools planning to perform the play for school theatre. For more information see www.DieKinderDerTotenStadt.de
Snapshot
Original Studio Cast, June 23rd, 2018. World Premiere, 5th April, 2019, Papageno Musiktheater Frankfurt, Germany.
Publisher and publication dates: Deutsches Institut für Erinnerungskultur, Paderborn, Germany; Lava Jam, Paderborn, Germany. First publishing as Original Cast Recording: June 23rd, 2018
Dr. Sarah Kass, Lars Hesse, Thomas Auerswald
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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
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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.