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Koralle Meier
Author(s): Martin Sperr
Subtitled “An episode from the Third Reich,” Meier is a young widow who earns her living as a prostitute hoping to open up a vegetable shop. Compassionate, she lends money to a Jew who hopes to escape Germany and is arrested. She tries to denounce the corrupt mayor, who is having an illicit relationship with a Jewish woman. However, she is arrested again and executed.
Format: Drama
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Original or Prominent Production:
UA Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart, 1970, Director: Peter Palitzsch
UA Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart, 1970, Director: Peter Palitzsch
Nationality of Author: German
Original Language: German
Publisher:
Frankfurt-on-Main: Verlag der Autoren, 1970
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators
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