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The Holocaust Kid
Author(s): Sonia Pilcer
Adapted from Sonia Pilcer’s book of the same name, The Holocaust Kid is a collection of linked autobiographical stories that portrays the life of a “2G”—a second generation Holocaust survivor. It captures what it means to be born in the shadows of death, and to live and love without forgetting.
Format: Autobiographical drama
Notes:
Pilcer coined the term 2G, to refer to second generation Holocaust survivors; the term originally appeared in her book 7 Days.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Massachusetts; Ensemble Studio Theater, Manhattan, New York.
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Massachusetts; Ensemble Studio Theater, Manhattan, New York.
Original Source Material: Based on Sonia Pilcer’s family history and her own childhood as a second generation Holocaust survivor. Pilcer was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany to Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors. Her father was in Auschwitz and her mother in a forced labor camp. She arrived with her parents in New York City in the 1950s.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
The Holocaust Kid was originally published by Persea Books; Delta published the paperback edition in 2002.
Production Rights Holder:
Contact author’s agent: Gareth Esersky at Carol Mann Agency
See also Sonia Pilcer’s website www.soniapilcer.com
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.