Theatrical performances can provide opportunities for people to express themselves, mock those in power, or temporarily escape from the difficulties of their daily lives. Theater became an important means of preserving hope and cultural connections during and after the Holocaust. Many dramatic productions were staged in wartime Jewish ghettos and postwar Displaced Persons (DP) camps.
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustDress Made by Margret Hantman in Deggendorf DP Camp
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustFelix Noskowski and Willi Konrad, "A Birthday Epistle for Moritz Henschel"
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Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Europe
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustHerbert Friedman, Purim Play Photograph
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustNatan Rotenberg, "Peace to the People of Good Will"
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Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Europe
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustPhotograph of Performance of "This Is How It Began"
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSC Shoah Foundation Oral History with Robert Ness
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustViolin Hidden in the Łódź Ghetto