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My Dear Girl
Author(s): John Mark Jernigan
My Dear Girl reflects on a dad's journey and a daughter's discovery. A story of despair, hope, and triumph. Based on Joanie Holzer Schirm's book, My Dear Boy: A World War Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation. (Potomac Books, 2019)
Format: One Act Drama
Cast Size:1M, 1W
Character breakdown:
Joanie Holzer Schirm: Daughter
Dr. Holzer: Father
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Original or Prominent Production:
The play was first performed in the round at the Holocaust Resource and Education Center of Florida's 2019 Dinner of Tribute and later on stage for the 2019 Kristallnacht Memorial service.
The play was first performed in the round at the Holocaust Resource and Education Center of Florida's 2019 Dinner of Tribute and later on stage for the 2019 Kristallnacht Memorial service.
Original Source Material: Based on Joanie Holzer Schirm's book, My Dear Boy: A World War Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation. (Potomac Books, 2019)
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Joanie Schirm
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Hiding | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Escape | Resistance | Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism
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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.