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Concert of Remembrance [PDF] INITIATIVE BEGEGNUNGEN 2005 Unter der Schirmherrschaft von Hildegard Müller Staatsministerin a.D. bei der Bundeskanzlerin CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE Begegnen – Erinnern - die Zukunft gestalten WIE HANDELN DIE GUTEN? A Happy Ending von Iddo Netanyahu Concert of Remembrance ist ein Teil unseres Projektes Yad Vashem. Die Musik und die Lesung wird die Zuhörer in die Vergangenheit führen und von dort in die Gegenwart. Bei der Begegnung mit den israelischen Musikern und den deutschen Schauspielern werden über die Erinnerung Brücken gebaut, die zu einer Verbundenheit führen für eine gemeinsame Verantwortung für die Zukunft. Durch den Wechsel von Musik und Lesung werden die Zuhörer immer wieder aufs Neue emotional angesprochen. Das Theaterstück "A Happy Ending" von Iddo Netanyahu spielt im Berlin der dreißiger Jahre und erzählt die Geschichte der „Guten“, die in der Zeit der wachsenden Bedrohung versucht haben, ihre Freunde zu schützen. In diesem Sinne möchten wir in den jeweiligen Veranstaltungsorten die persönlichen Geschichten aus dem Verborgenen ans Licht holen. Concert of remembrance is a part of our project Yad Vashem. The Music and the reading will connect the audience to the past and the future. This encounter between the Israeli musicians and German actors will build a memorable bridge for closeness and collective responsibility for the future. By interspersing the music with the readings would create new emotions to the audience. The play "A Happy Ending" by Iddo Netanyahu sets the scene in Berlin in the 1930s, and highlights the attempts of some of the "good" people to protect their friends who were in danger. In this sense we seek in each venue to highlight personal stories. CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE mit: Daniel Fradkin Dr. Marina Minkin Ithay Khen WIE HANDELN DIE GUTEN? A Happy Ending von Iddo Netanyahu Wachsende Gefahren und nahende Katastrophen bedrohen unsere Hauptfiguren. Wie reagieren sie? Welche Entscheidungen treffen sie? Diese Fragen bilden das Kernstück von A Happy Ending, dessen Handlung zwischen November 1932 und Februar 1933 in Deutschland angesiedelt ist, vor und unmittelbar nach der Machtübernahme Hitlers. Die Protagonisten des Stücks sind Mark und Leah Erdmann, jüdische Eheleute, die in Berlin leben. Er ist Leiter der universitären Forschungsabteilung der Physik, und sie- sie liebt das öffentliche Leben. Dr. Dieter Spiegel ist Marks Assistent und kein Jude, ebenso wenig wie Helen Siebert, die Sekretärin des Labors. Die vier Protagonisten sind verstrickt in Mark und Leahs Schicksal, sie fragen sich, ob eine reale Gefahr durch die Nazis für das jüdische Paar besteht, und falls ja, was zu tun sei. Anders als die meisten Stücke, die sich mit der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus befassen, stellt A Happy Ending die Nazis nicht auf die Bühne; sie befinden sich im Hintergrund, da das Stück sich nicht vornehmlich mit ihnen beschäftigt. Auch sind die nicht-jüdischen Protagonisten des Stücks, obwohl entschiedene Gegner des Nationalsozialismus, keine Karikaturen des “guten” Deutschen, wie in vielen anderen Stücken zu finden. Daher versteht sich Dieter, obwohl sehr um das Schicksal von Mark und Leah besorgt, überhaupt nicht als ausgesprochener Sympathisant der Juden. Er ist vielmehr einfach ein guter Freund des jüdischen Paars. Während das Publikum wahrnimmt, wie sich die Straßen mit Nazis füllen, wie sich Marks Kollegen nach und nach von ihm als Juden abwenden, während die Zuschauer sich der schrecklichen Entwicklung, die das Nazi-Regime mit sich bringen wird, bewusst sind, sehen sie die Nazis nicht auf der Bühne. Denn das Stück befasst sich nicht damit, was einen Nazi ausmacht, auch nicht damit, warum jemand sich als solcher entwickelt, sondern vielmehr mit den “guten” Menschen- mit denjenigen, die keine Nazis waren- und damit, wie sie sich angesichts der bedrohlichen Situation verhalten sollten. Sind sie überhaupt in der Lage, die Gefahr zu erkennen? Und falls sie Teile dieser Gefahr erkennen, können sie die wirklichen Ausmaße begreifen und die richtigen Entscheidungen für ihr Leben treffen? Hier kommt der Wunsch ins Spiel, sein Leben so weiter zu leben wie man es kennt und liebt. Die Macht dieses Wunschdenkens und der Selbsttäuschung ist groß, und lässt die Bedrohung immer weniger gravierend erscheinen als sie ist. Das Hin- und Her- Gerissensein des jüdischen Paars ist in ihrer eigenen wechselnden Wahrnehmung der Realität begründet - wobei zweifelhaft ist, ob sie diese begreifen. Sie müssen eine Entscheidung treffen: Fliehen sie aus Deutschland oder bleiben sie? Wird das jüdische Paar die Bedrohung erkennen und Maßnahmen ergreifen, um sich zu retten? Diese Frage wird erst in der letzten Szene von A Happy Ending beantwortet. WHAT DO THE GOOD PEOPLE DO? In the face of impending danger and possible catastrophe, how do those threatened by it react? What choices do they make? Those are the questions lying at the heart of A Happy Ending, which sets the scene in Berlin, Germany between November 1932 and February 1933, before and immediately after the rise of Hitler to power. The play's main protagonists are Mark and Leah Erdman, a Jewish couple living in Berlin – he, the head of the university physics laboratory and she, a socialite; Dr. Dieter Spiegel, Mark's non-Jewish assistant; and Helen Siebert, their laboratory secretary, who is also non-Jewish. The four are caught up in the question of the eventual fate of Mark and Leah, of whether there is any real danger to the Jewish couple from the Nazis, and if so, what they should do about it. As opposed to virtually all other plays and shows about the Nazi era, A Happy Ending keeps the "evil Nazis" off-stage, as background, since it deals not with the Nazis proper. Nor are the non-Jews in the play, while strongly anti-Nazi, a caricature of the "good" Germans of numerous other pieces. Hence Dieter, for example, although deeply concerned for Mark and Leah's fate, does not regard himself as a philo-Semite by any means. While the people in the audience know that the Nazis are filling the streets, that Mark's academic colleagues are gradually turning against him because of his Jewishness, and while they are certainly aware of the eventual horrible fate of Nazi rule, they do not see any actual Nazis on stage. For the play concerns itself not with what makes the Nazis – Nazis, not with why they have become what they are, but rather deals with the "good" people – the non-Nazis – and with what they should do in the face of the impending threats. Can they even perceive the danger? And if they do perceive at least portions of it, can they truly grasp its full meaning and make the right choices for themselves? Here come into play the desire to continue living the life one knows and loves, and the power of wishful thinking and delusion with its desire to minimize the threat. The push and pull on the Jewish couple, created by their changing perceptions of reality and the dubious ability to perceive it, are linked to the choice they have to make of whether to flee Germany or stay put. Will the Jewish couple understand the threat and take measures to save themselves? The answer to that question comes only at the very last scene of A Happy Ending. Music Proposal: Schubert- Trio op. 100, Mendelssohn -Trio E-minor, Siegfried Borris (1906, Berlin _ 1987) - Sonata for viola d'amore and piano, Ravel - Kaddish for viola d'amore and piano and probably one cello, Short piece for cello (maybe from Schumann). Borris studied with Hindemith, after World War II he was "Praesident des Deutsches Musikrates". untill 1976. We cannot play all the pieces entirely, but only use parts of them according to the length of the text. Iddo and we think that both parts of the concert should be around 45-50 min. each. Iddo Netanyahu: Curriculum Vitae [email protected] - Born and resides in Jerusalem, Israel - Book publications (in Hebrew): The Rescuers (Short stories), Ma'ariv Book Guild, Tel Aviv, 1988 Yoni's Last Battle, Keterpress Enterprises, Jerusalem, 1991 Itamar K., Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books, 1998 Sayeret Matkal at Entebbe, Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books, 2006 (Some of the above books published also in USA, Russia and about to be published in Italy.) - Other literary work: Published numerous articles and short stories in the Israeli press; his play A Happy Ending was recently staged to critical acclaim in northern Italy (limited engagement) and is set to be staged in Israel at the latter half of 2009. - Graduate of Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School. Since graduating from medical school, devotes time to both medical work and writing. - Medical residency and fellowship training: Hebrew University Medical Center (Jerusalem); Georgetown University Hospital (Washington, D.C.); Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York). - Military Service: Sayeret Matkal (Special Forces, IDF) Iddo Netanyahu came to Cologne for talks on preparations of his play „Happy Ending“ On the picture left to right: Iddo Netanyahu, Michael Krebs, Petra Salomon. Marina Minkin Marina Minkin left Soviet Union (former) for Israel in 1981; there she studied piano with Michael Boguslavsky and harpsichord performance with David Shemer at the Jerusalem Academy of Music. While still a student in the academy, she had performed extensively as a soloist and an accompanist in Israel, and had toured in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Netherlands. Between 1988 and 1990, Ms. Minkin studied harpsichord with Mark Kroll at Boston University, earning a Masters degree in Harpsichord Performance. In 1998, she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Historical Performance, her dissertation being a study of the Italian composer Anna Bon’s life and work. She was the winner of the 1990 Boston University Concerto-Aria Competition, a semi- finalist in the 1991 Spivey International Harpsichord Performance Competition in Atlanta, and a recipient of the St.
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