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Five [חמש]
Author(s): Nola Chilton
Five female inmates in a concentration camp, each from different backgrounds, tell about their experiences and everyday life at the camp: how they lost their identity, their clothing and personal items, even their hair. They talk about death, those who are lost, and the horror that surrounds them. To cope, they make each other laugh and they pretend there is food, but they also fantasize about how to get revenge on their Nazi captors.
Cast Size:6F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
The Neve Zedek Theatre Centre, 1983/1986
The Neve Zedek Theatre Centre, 1983/1986
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Women and the Holocaust
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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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