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...
Refuge of Lies
Author(s): Ron Reed
A former Nazi working as a professor in Canada is hunted down by a Jewish reporter who demands justice. The professor is considered a "good" man—haunted by his past and tormented by the reporter's pursuit. Based on the true story of Nazi collaborator, Jacob Luitjens.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:4M/3F
Character breakdown:
Rudi Vanderwaal, immigrant from Holland and Paraguay, 73 years old.
Netty Vanderwaal, Rudi’s wife
Conrad De Groening, Rudi’s friend/Pieter Vanderwaal, Rudi’s father
Hanni De Groening, Conrad’s wife
Anna Cummings, Simon’s niece
Jake Neufeld, Rudi’s Mennonite pastor/Dominee, Rudi’s pastor in Paraguay
Man, Orthodox rabbi/Simon Katzman, journalist from Holland
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
First produced by Theatre & Company, February 25, 1994 at Water Street Theatre, Kitchener, Ontario ; Lion Theatre, New York, 2008
First produced by Theatre & Company, February 25, 1994 at Water Street Theatre, Kitchener, Ontario ; Lion Theatre, New York, 2008
Nationality of Author: Canadian
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Nazi War Crimes and Judgement
HTC Insights
Views, reference and research of interest.
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.