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Mendelssohn Does Not Live Here Anymore
Author(s): Henrik Eger
Because of the scarcity of wallpaper during WWII, Gritt, a beautiful musician, papers the walls with old music sheets, including her newly discovered favorite, unaware of Felix Mendelssohn's Jewish background. After her dedicated officer husband Alf's initial erotic bantering, he discovers his wife’s love for Mendelssohn’s music and flies into a rage. He then tries to educate her on the danger of Jewish art and music. She does not understand his violent anti-Semitism and refuses to give up her love for Mendelssohn's music. Her resistance leads to his destructive action and a surprise ending.
Format: Short play
Cast Size: 1M/1F
Running time: 15 minutes
Character breakdown
Gritt, wife, who loves Mendelssohn’s music.
Alf, husband, young German officer, who hates anything Jewish.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Bloomfield, MI
Original Source Material: Interviews with older Germans on their recollections of what people said about Mendelssohn during the Third Reich, plus countless historical documents.Original Language: English, also available in German
Publisher:
Self-published, 2008
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Righteous Gentiles | European Jewry Before the Holocaust | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Women and the Holocaust