Sheltered By Alix Sobler

World Premiere and Winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition

Resource and Audience Guide for grades 6-12 Created by Creekside High School’s 9th grade Honors Literature class taught by Ms. Carmen Kinnebrew

As part of the Alliance Theatre Institute’s Dramaturgy by Students Program Under the guidance of Teaching Artist Ebony Tucker

Actor’s Express, 887 West Marietta Street NW Suite J-107 Atlanta, GA 30318 Thursday, March 1 - Sunday, March 25, 2018 Student Matinees: Thursdays, March 15 & 22, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. Sheltered Resource Guide Page 1 of 27 Sheltered: Table of Contents

Curriculum Connections______pg. 3

The Playwright: Alix Sobler ______pg. 4

Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition ______pg. 5

Sheltered: Synopsis ______pg. 6

Sheltered: Cast ______pgs. 7-8

Sheltered: Characters ______pgs. 9-12

Sheltered: Vocabulary, People, and Phrases ______pgs. 13-14

Sheltered: German Language ______pg. 15

Sheltered: Jewish Culture ______pg. 16

Sheltered: Jewish Vocabulary ______pg. 17

Sheltered: WWII Countries and Timeline______pgs. 18-19

Sheltered History: ______pgs. 20-21

Sheltered: Pre- and Post-Show Discussion and Creative Writing ______pgs. 21-22

Sheltered: Word Dump ______pgs. 23-24

Sheltered: Reality Stories ______pgs. 25-26

Resources ______pg. 27

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 2 of 27 Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts Georgia Standards of Excellence

ELAGSE9-10RL4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.)

ELAGSE9-10SL1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Social Studies Georgia Standards of Excellence

SS8H9 Describe the role of Georgia in WWII. a. Describe key events leading up to American involvement in World War II; include the Lend-Lease Act and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

SSUSH19 Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

Theatre Art Georgia Standards of Excellence

TAHSFT.CR.1 Organize, design, and refine theatrical work

TAHSFT.CN.2 Examine the role of theatre in a societal, cultural, and historical context.

TAHSFT.RE.1 Engage actively and appropriately as an audience member.

TAHSFT.RE.2 Critique various aspects of theatre and other media using appropriate supporting evidence.

Language Arts Core Curriculum Standards: CCRA.R.3. CCRA.R.4. CCRA.L.3. CCRA.SL.2. ELACC6-8RH2

National Core Arts Standards: TH: Pr4.1.6. TH: Re7.1.6. TH: Re8.1.8. TH: Re9.1.8. TH: Cn10.1.8. TH: Cn11.2.6.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 3 of 27 The Playwright: Alix Sobler

Alix Sobler (Playwright) is a playwright and performer who is honored to have won the 2018 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, resulting in this production. Her play The Great Divide won the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, and other plays have been finalists for the O’Neill New Play Conference, the Henley Rose Playwriting Competition and the Jane Chambers Award. She has had work read, workshopped or produced at theaters across North America, including the Roundabout Theater Company (New York, NY), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA), The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg, MB), the Finborough (London, UK), The Segal Centre (Montreal, QC), Brown Trinity Playwright’s Rep (Providence, RI), and others. She has a BA from Brown University, and recently graduated with her MFA from Columbia University. In addition to theater, she is passionate about crafting and animals. Find out more at alixsobler.com.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 4 of 27 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition

The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition is a one-of-a- kind national competition that transitions student playwrights to the world of professional theatre.

Each year, final-year candidates in the country's leading graduate playwriting programs are invited to submit a play to the Alliance Theatre. An in-house panel of readers evaluates the scripts and selects a slate of finalists to advance to the final round. Those scripts are then sent to a national panel for judging. In conjunction with Alliance Theatre Jennings/Hertz Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, the judges select the Alliance/Kendeda winner. The Alliance Theatre produces the winning play on the 200-seat Hertz Stage as part of the following season. Readings of the plays have been produced in New York (in 2012, in partnership with the Lark Play Development Center) and Atlanta and other venues around the country. These out-of-town partnerships include a relationship with Fox Theatricals (since 2006) and with the Kennedy Center and NNPN (since 2010). All of the playwrights establish an ongoing relationship with the Alliance Theatre and the city of Atlanta. Each winner is also offered the option to have their play published and licensed by Samuel French.

The program is led by Celise Kalke, chosen by American Theatre to be one of 25 American Theatre leaders of the future.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 5 of 27 Sheltered: Synopsis

It is 1939, and has introduced harsh race laws targeting Jews while taking over large swaths of Central Europe. Fearing the worst, a Jewish couple makes an extraordinary decision; to arrange for 50 European children to be given up by their parents and taken to safety in the United States. Each child must have an American family to house them when they arrive, but willing fosters are hard to find. As a last desperate measure, the couple endures a tense dinner party with estranged friends from a violent household in the hopes of finding a home for one more child. A suspenseful story inspired by true events that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats. Sheltered is the winner of the 2018 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition.

From a student’s perspective Sheltered is a story about four friends, Evelyn and Leonard Kirsch and Roberta and Martin Bloom. Evelyn and Leonard appear to be a normal American couple living and working in Philadelphia prior to the start of WWII in Europe. Roberta and Martin Bloom’s relationship is a stark contrast to that of their friends. In a moment that will change lives of many generations, Evelyn and Leonard make a very important decision. While millions of Jews are trying to escape Germany, Evelyn and Leonard are planning a trip to Austria, with plans to take 50 children back with them to the United States and into safety. But when commitments are threatened, Leonard and Evelyn must make a burdensome choice.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 6 of 27 Sheltered: The Cast

Lauren Boyd Lane (Hani Mueller) is thrilled to be back at the Alliance. Other Alliance credits include Tall Girls, Courage, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Alice Between. Other favorite theater credits include Singles in Agriculture (Aurora Theatre), Evr’y Tongue Confess (Horizon Theatre), and On the Verge (New School for Drama). TV/Film: "Hindsight,” “Gone,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Powers,” Office Christmas Party and American Made. M.F.A. in Acting from the New School for Drama. Love and thanks to my parents and my late husband Michael Isaac Lane.

Amanda Drinkall (Evelyn Kirsch) Alliance debut. Chicago credits: Venus in Fur, Ah Wilderness, Continuity, Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre), Mary Page Marlowe (Steppenwolf), King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare), By the Water, White Guy on the Bus, Funnyman (Northlight), Last Train to Nibroc (Haven Theatre- Jeff Award, Best Actress), Dutchman (American Blues), Pygmalion (Oak Park Festival), Great Expectations (Strawdog), hamlet is dead. no gravity; The Skriker; Pullman, WA (Red Tape Theatre) and twenty shows with The Back Room Shakespeare Project, as a Stakeholder. TV: "Chicago Med," "Bobby & Iza." Film: The View From Tall. B.F.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Represented by Gray Talent Group.

Park Krausen (Roberta Bloom) Recent: Midnight Pillow at Theater Emory (directorial debut), performed Beckett in Germany and Norway, translated plays and taught a Beckett master class at Exeter. National: Lincoln Center, Hartford Stage, About Face, Chicago Dramatists; associate artist of North Carolina Shakespeare, Georgia Shakespeare and Out of Hand. Producing Artistic Director of Théâtre du Rêve, the only francophone theater in the US. Education: Emory University (BA Theater and French), National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Paris. Proud member of AEA. Uncannily, this play dives into her grandmother's Jewish community in Philly in 1939. Thank you for supporting live theater.

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Lee Osorio (Martin Bloom) is grateful to be back at the Alliance. Previous Alliance credits: Ugly Lies the Bone, The Temple Bombing. Other Atlanta credits: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Theatrical Outfit), Abigail/1702 (Aurora), Cabaret, Macbeth (Serenbe), Significant Other (Actors Express), Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Tavern). He has also worked in New York, Seattle, St Louis and Providence. Lee is a graduate of Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. and a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. www.leeosorio.com

John Skelley (Leonard Kirsch) is delighted to make his Alliance debut. New York: Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern…, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors and Desire (The Acting Company), The Changeling (Red Bull Theatre). Regional credits: Petrol Station (Kennedy Center), The Glass Menagerie (Denver Center), The Foreigner (Cape Playhouse), Art and And a Nightingale Sang (Westport Country Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), An Inspector Calls (Pioneer Theatre), and productions at the Guthrie Theater including Macbeth and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. TV/Film: “Law & Order: SVU,” “Elementary,” Into Temptation. B.F.A., University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater.

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Evelyn Kirsch A caring, well put-together female. Married to Leonard Kirsch. She’s willing to make difficult decisions. Very helpful towards people. Very passionate about the decisions she has to make.

Character Quote: “Because we’ve been approved for 50. We can’t leave one behind knowing we could have taken one more.”

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 9 of 27 Leonard Kirsch A brainy lawyer who adores his wife. A very passionate and sensitive male. Very helpful and only wants to please his wife in every possible way he can.

Character Quote: “Leonard has acquired 50 visas.”

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 10 of 27 Roberta Bloom A woman who has a lot of secrets about her and her husband's marriage. She is insecure and also temperamental. Roberta is known to have an outburst, or not express her emotions rationally in sensitive situations.

Character Quote-”Oh sorry, is this difficult?”

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Martin Bloom Roberta’s husband who is also secretive but also sinister. He is passionate about the American culture even though he is Jewish.

Character Quote- “He is strongly patriotic to America, because he shows a lot of passion American culture, even though he is Jewish.

Hani Mueller A woman who applied for her son to go to America with Evelyn and Leonard. She faces a hard decision for her child and his well-being.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 12 of 27 Sheltered: Vocabulary, People and Phrases

Affidavits (n.) A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court. To show that visa applicants have sponsorship and will not become public charges while in the United States. The sponsor must file a separate affidavit for each applicant. Leonard had to prepare these to get visas.

Black Friday (n.) Black Thursday is October 24, 1929, the first day of the stock market crash of 1929. That was the worst stock market crash in U.S. history, kicking off the Great Depression.

Blumenthal (n.) A name of Jewish and German origins. Martin Holidaylist.org/black-thursday-2017/ makes a point that he is American and that his last name is Bloom not Blumenthal.

Brocade (n.) A rich fabric, usually silk, woven with a raised pattern, typically with gold or silver thread. Roberta mentions it as one thing she will need to change in her home.

Danube (n.) Europe’s second largest river. Hani suggests that Leonard and Evelyn see it.

Fray (n.) A usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute. Martin says, “No good rushing into the fray over rumors,” in reference to the United States becoming involved in the trouble that’s brewing overseas.

General Jewish Council, the (n.) A group that made efforts to raise public awareness of the threats of and anti-Semitism, and to mobilize individuals and organizations in the United States to combat anti-Semitism, 1938- 1942. Roberta suggests the council to help children instead of Evelyn.

Guten Abend “Good Evening” in German.

Moronic (adj.) Very foolish or stupid.

Our Town (n.) A play written by Thornton Wilder. Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Our Town was produced on Broadway in the same year. Martin describes it as an important aspect of American culture. Sheltered Resource Guide Page 13 of 27 Schlocky (adj.) Of low quality. Used when Martin describes the play he saw called Our Town by Thornton Wilder.

Vienna (n.) It is the capital of Austria. Also, Vienna is the city where Leonard and Evelyn plan to travel. Hitler was from Vienna.

Warsaw (n.) The city of Warsaw, capital of Poland, flanks both banks of the Vistula River. Martin has some cousins who live here. On October 12, 1940, the Germans decreed the establishment of a ghetto in Warsaw. The creation of ghettos was a key step in the Nazi process of separating, persecuting, and ultimately destroying Europe's Jews.

YMHA (n.) The Young Men’s Hebrew Association was founded in 1854. It was later named the Jewish Community Center (JCC) and is an organization that promotes the religious, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of Jewish young men. Martin and Roberta’s son plays baseball through the YMHA.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 14 of 27 Sheltered: German Language

Some German is spoken in the second act of the play.

Do you know any German? Try to greet someone in German.

• Guten Morgen - Good Morning • Guten Tag - Good Day/Good Afternoon • Guten Abend - Good Evening • Gute Nacht - Good Night • Hallo – Hello • Fräulein und Herr - Miss and Mister

For pronunciation, visit https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/salutations/greetings-in- german

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 15 of 27 Sheltered: Jewish Culture

An Abrahamic religion is a religion that believes in prophet Abraham and his descendants contributing to spiritual creation. They chose to pray and worship God often. Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion. There are around 15 million Jewish followers in the world, but being Jewish isn’t just a religion, it’s also an ethnicity, or a group of cultural tradition.

The word Jewish can refer to the religion, but it can also refer to the “Nation of Israel,” as it is known as “The Holy Land” to Jewish culture. Since then, there have been many different subgroups of Jewish: ❖ Ashkenazi Jew - ancestry comes from central and eastern Europe ❖ Sephardi Jew - ancestry comes from the Iberian Peninsula ❖ Mizrahi Jew - ancestry comes from the Middle east

There are certain customs and traditions that are a part of the Jewish culture, such as the Hebrew Calendar, Yiddish language, distinctive clothing, foods, and even personal greetings.

Yiddish is a language spoken by Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, like a Jewish German. Here are some Yiddish words as well as some other Jewish words in the play you may not recognize.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 16 of 27 Sheltered: Jewish Vocabulary

Gentiles (n.) A person who is not Jewish.

Hanukkah (n.) Jewish festival lasting 8 days from the 25th of the Jewish month kislev (December).

Mitzvah (n.) A good deed done from religious duty.

Pais (n.) Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls. Pais or Payot (which is acceptably spelled about a dozen ways, including pe’ot, peyos, payot) is worn by men in the Orthodox Jewish community based on their interpretation of the scripture Leviticus 19:27: “You shall not round off the pe’ah [sides, corners] of your head.” Men with a pais or payot www.getkempt.com Passover (n.) A major Jewish spring festival lasting 7-8 days from the 1st of the Hebrew month nissan.

Purim (n.) Jewish festival held in spring, on the 14th and 15th of the Hebrew month Adar.

Rabbi (n.) A Jewish religious leader who studies and teaches Jewish law.

Schlepping (v.) To haul or carry something heavy, or to move back and forth reluctantly.

Schlocky (n.) Cheap goods; trash

Schmuck (n.) A foolish person

Shtel (n.) A small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe

Torah (n.) The Jewish holy script

Yeshiva (n.) An Orthodox Jewish school, college, or seminary

YMHA (n.) Young Men’s Hebrew Association; founded in 1854

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 17 of 27 Sheltered: WWII Countries World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict from 1939 to 1945. It was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, France and Soviet Union against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, with their respective allies.

Countries that were involved: There were 61 countries but the main countries are as follows…

Axis powers: Allied powers: Japan France Italy Great Britain Germany Soviet Union USA China

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Sheltered Resource Guide Page 18 of 27 Sheltered: WWII Timeline

• September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

• December 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

• December 8, 1941 The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.

• December 11–13, 1941 Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.

• April 12, 1945 Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.

• April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide.

• May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies.

• May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Soviets.

• August 6, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Adolf Hitler, Dictator Biography.com • August 8, 1945 The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.

• August 9, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

• September 2, 1945 Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.

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Sheltered takes place in 1939, during Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship and prior to the start of WWII. Here are some things you should know about the Holocaust.

• Hitler legally came to power in Germany on January 30, 1933. He wanted to eliminate political opposition to keep control with an iron fist. The assault against Jewish people began on April 1 of that same year to boycott Jewish businesses. Then later Jews were fired from civil services. • Nazis characterized Jews as Untermenschen, which is German for “subhuman.” • To concentrate and monitor the Jewish population as well as to facilitate later deportation of the Jews, the Germans and their collaborators created ghettos, transit camps, and forced-labor camps for Jews during the war years. • The German authorities also established numerous forced-labor camps, both in the so-called Greater German Reich and in German-occupied territory, for non-Jews whose labor the Germans sought to exploit. • Between 1941 and 1944, Nazi German authorities deported millions of Jews from Germany, from occupied territories, and from the countries of many of the Axis powers to ghettos and to killing centers, often called extermination camps, where they were Photographs taken by British troops on their arrival at Belsen concentration camp murdered Photo: The Holocaust Centre in specially developed gassing facilities. • In the aftermath of the Holocaust, many of the survivors found shelter in displaced persons (DP) camps administered by the Allied powers. Between 1948 and 1951, almost 700,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, including 136,000 Jewish displaced persons from Europe. Other Jewish DPs emigrated to the United States and other nations. The last DP camp closed in 1957.

The crimes committed during the Holocaust devastated most European Jewish communities and eliminated hundreds of Jewish communities in occupied Eastern Europe entirely.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 20 of 27 Sheltered: Pre- and Post-Show Discussion

Pre-Show Questions 1. During the Holocaust, many people risked their lives to save those being persecuted. Would you risk your life to save another? 2. Is telling a lie good if it benefits/helps others? 3. How does it make somebody feel to be threatened because of his/her race, ethnicity, or religion? 4. Would you change your identity to achieve more success in life? 5. What are ways we can embrace or celebrate differences in our communities?

Post-Show Questions 1. How does Martin view America and what it means to be American? How does he view his place in America? Think about what he says and what others say and do in regard to this idea. 2. What do we learn about Jewish identity? How might Jews see themselves? How do others view them? 3. If you were in the position of Evelyn and Leonard, what would your criteria be to save 50 children from the Holocaust? Would you save more or less? 4. In what way did Evelyn’s lie help or harm Hani’s son, Reyner? 5. Martin changed his name to get a better rank in the army. Have you ever changed something about yourself to get something you wanted? 6. How would you compare & contrast Martin and Leonard based on the interaction to their wives in the play? 7. What were some pros & cons for Evelyn to ask Martin and Roberta to take care of a child?

Writing Prompts 1. Describe/Analyze the relationships and interactions of… a. Roberta and Martin b. Leonard and Evelyn c. Evelyn and Roberta ❖ Think about actions, words said, implied meanings, reactions to actions and words. 2. Identify a major theme or message from the play. Did you make a personal connection to this theme? Explain why or why not.

Sheltered Resource Guide Page 21 of 27 Sheltered: Post-Show Creative Writing Example

Student, Chloe Sims, creatively compares the lives of two characters in the play. Teachers, challenge your students to poetically show the differences/similarities between other characters in the play.

My name is Evelyn Kirsch. My name is Hani Muller. I live in America in 1939. I live in Germany in 1939.

We are both Jewish.

I am certain of my Jewish identity. I feel uncertain of my Jewish identity.

We don’t have a strong belief in God.

I have a son and a daughter; Sarah and Billy. I have one son named Reyner.

We are both mothers.

I believe safety is priority. While I believe family is priority.

We both want what’s best for our children.

My mother and I were close. My mother and I were not. We both felt distant from our fathers.

I act more with my head than my heart. I act more with my heart than my head.

We both face hard decisions.

I lied to Hani for Reyner’s safety. I trust Evelyn for Reyner’s safety.

We agreed Reyner should leave Germany to live in America.

I am fearful of Hani’s protection I am optimistic to see my son again.

We are both unsure of what the future holds.

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Individually or as a class, write poems based on the themes of Sheltered. Brainstorm using a Word Dump.

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Word Dump Instructions: • A Word Dump unpacks the curriculum’s text by encouraging in depth reading that demonstrates and reinforces students’ understanding of the content collaboratively. • Students must have read or heard the source text. • Students begin calling out words that are significant to them “popcorn style,” with text in hand. • The words can relate to the theme, character, emotions, or action. • Any response is accepted. • Leader writes all the words down to be kept for reference throughout the writing process. • If a word is repeated, place an X or check next to the word to track its significance. • Once the word dump is completed, students select the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The leader circles each in a different color. • Additional options: o The most significant words can be utilized in the tableau drama activity. Use one word that morphs into different tableaux, building a mini-story from words from the Word Dump. o Revisit Word Dump during the writing process, including additional words on sticky notes.

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The graphic below shares a Word Dump from Ms. Kinnebrew’s students at Creekside High School.

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One Thousand Children refer to the "children," mainly Jewish, who came as refugees from Europe directly to America to flee Hitler's threat. Due to various circumstances, they were forced to leave their parents behind. Tragically, Hitler murdered nearly all of their parents. They came to America during the years 1934-1945, and their ages then varied from 16 months up to 16 years old (chosen as an upper limit). They are now senior citizens.

Their story is similar to the Holocaust Child Survivors, those kids who were rescued from continental Europe and went to England. The “One Book by Anne Fox Thousand Children” came directly to America. The Tells the true stories of story of the Kindertransport is well known; but the children who escaped Nazi OTC story, in which they came directly to America, is Germany on the too little-known. Kindertransport, a rescue mission led by concerned The OTC children were not in concentration camps. British to save Jewish children (There are almost no child survivors of concentration from the Holocaust. camps, as children were immediately exterminated.) But all the OTCers fled to escape the true threat of Hitler's plans to exterminate all Jews – first expressed in 1926. OTC children would have been exterminated if they had not fled. While they do not bear numbers on their arms, they went through many powerful traumas because of Hitler's threat. Those who tell their stories consider themselves as child survivors of the Holocaust.

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Thea Lindauer’s account of being a survivor of the Holocaust

https://youtu.be/IAm5JHKqL1E

As the growing specter of Nazi anti-Semitism threatens a German Jewish family's existence, they send their twelve- year-old daughter to safety in America. The letters written by Sam Kahn to his daughter, Thea, in Chicago, and her vivid recollections of that time in her young life, form a tiny, yet poignantly personal portrait of an era of constant dread. There Must Be an Ocean Between Us records a father's innermost fears, not only for his distant daughter, but also for the family members whose very lives were at risk in Nazi Germany. The correspondence provides unique insights into the nightmare that Nazism brought to the lives of ordinary people. But even more engrossing are Thea's memories of this difficult time. Her letters not only display a young girl's growing anxiety for her family but also reflect the ironic contrast between her idyllic American circumstances and the harrowing straits of the Kahn family in Europe. This story offers a unique perspective on one of the twentieth century's most critical periods. This is not the pre-World War II era as seen by the Roosevelts, Stalins, or Hitlers, who shaped so many destinies, but the view from an ordinary family for whom a mere scrap of paper- an exit visa-represented life itself.

Hidden In this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a series of neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when her parents had been taken to concentration camps.

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