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We Are Witnesses
Author(s): Jacob Boas
Based on We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust (Holt; Scholastic; MacMillan), the play centers on the thoughts and experiences of five teenagers as they face death. Of the five, only Anne Frank's diary is well known. The play, like the book, speaks of the experiences of teenagers in the Holocaust in different parts of Europe: David Rubinowicz in rural Poland; Moshe Flinker in Belgium: Yitzhak Rudasevski in Lithuania, and Eva Heyman in Hungary.
Format: One Act
Cast Size:3 Boys, 2 Girls
Running Time: 1 hour
Character breakdown:
5 teenagers, three boys and two girls
Notes:
Study guides or support material: The book/play has been used in schools and study guides are available. Book itself has been in print for 25 years (currently MacMillan)
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
HART THEATER (Hillsboro, Oregon)
HART THEATER (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Original Source Material: From the book, We Are Witnesses
Nationality of Author: Dutch
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Jacob Boas
Experience(s) Chronicled: The Ghettos
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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
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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.