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Etty
The play begins as Etty is being transported to Auschwitz. In Auschwitz, she works at the Jewish Council registering the Jews that come into the camp and this keeps her and her family safe for a while. Her spirit and hope shines through even as she faces the notion that she, too, will eventually face death in this camp.
Cast Size:1F
Notes:
Touring show. For more information visit the Etty play website.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
McAnaney Theatre, Princeton, NJ, US, May 16, 2008.
McAnaney Theatre, Princeton, NJ, US, May 16, 2008.
Original Source Material: Based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum written in Dutch, which the playwright translated into English after discovering the diary for 50 cents at a yard sale.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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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.