A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Letters from a Troubled Past
Author(s): Vic Alhadeff
Torn Apart by War is the compelling true story about two people whose lives were turned upside-down by war and misunderstanding. If things had gone according to plan, everything would have been so different. The drama takes place against the backdrop of the Greek island of Rhodes.
Letters of Loss and Refuge
In 2009 Rudolf Schwab’s letters were discovered by his grandson Daniel, in a forgotten trunk in the garage of the family home.
We are taken on a powerful and poignant journey of insight into Rudolf's struggles as a refugee, his displacement, loss of family, reconnection with those who survived and his surprising relationship with his German friend, Karl, a war-wounded Nazi.
Format: Drama in two acts
Cast Size:5M,2W
Character breakdown:
Torn Apart by War
Cast:
Salvatore
Raoul
Moise
Becky
Connie
Letters of Loss and Refuge
Cast:
Daniel/Rudolf
Max/Siegfried
Hans/Carl
Martha/Rose/Seppel
Alice
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Jewish International Film Festival
Jewish International Film Festival
Original Source Material: The life experiences of the author's father
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language:
Production Rights Holder:
Moira Blumenthal Productions and Shalom
Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Concentration and Extermination Camps
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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.
Many Questions and a Few Answers
by Robert Skloot 2022 NJTF HTII Lifetime Achievement Award AHO Winter Conference, Miami, FL I’d like to begin my remarks by asking the question that all of us have been asked often: “Why do you do the work you do?” There are, of course, many answers, but I’d imagine...