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Gretel Bergmann
Author(s): Cynthia L. Cooper
A one-act play about Gretel Bergmann, a German-Jewish champion high-jumper who was removed from the German team two weeks prior to the beginning of the 1936 Olympics. This is one act as part of How She Played the Game, a full-length play about six women from sports history.
Format: One-act
Cast Size: 1F
Running time: 8 minutes
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: The Anne Frank Center USA; The Shed; Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, April 13, 2015.
Original Source Material: The true story of Gretel Bergmann. Original Language: English
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism