Letters to Sala

Author(s): Arlene Hutton
On the eve of heart surgery Sala suddenly presents her daughter, Ann Kirschner, with a priceless collection of 350 letters and photographs that she risked her life to preserve during five brutal years as a prisoner in seven different Nazi forced-labor camps, revealing a secret she has kept hidden from her family for nearly fifty years.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size:4M/12F

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Annie Russell Theatre, Rollins College, Florida, February 2011.
Original Source Material: Based on the book Sala's Gift by Ann Kirschner and based on a true account.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations

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