Spertus Institute Spring 2016 News & Events
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Brundibar Revisited<br />
Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm<br />
In observance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)<br />
An important and<br />
exceptional documentary<br />
Berliner Ratschlag<br />
Für Demokratie<br />
This story has to be heard<br />
Anne Frank Center, Berlin<br />
A film that goes<br />
straight to the soul<br />
Schwabische Zeitung<br />
The children’s opera Brundibar was<br />
performed more than 50 times in<br />
1943 and 1944 by Jewish children<br />
imprisoned at Theresienstadt. These<br />
performances were abused by the<br />
Nazis as propaganda, yet for those in<br />
the camp, Brundibar’s simple story<br />
came to symbolize hope for the victory<br />
of good over evil.<br />
In this deeply moving new film,<br />
Brundibar is selected for a Berlin-based<br />
theater group of young people who<br />
live on the fringes of society. Members<br />
travel to Theresienstadt to learn about<br />
the extreme conditions under which the<br />
opera debuted, accompanied by Greta<br />
Klingsberg, one of the few survivors of<br />
the original cast. She takes the young actors on a journey back in time, forcing<br />
them to rethink their attitudes about German history and about themselves.<br />
Stay for a post-show discussion with Dr. Kenneth Pargament, a leading figure<br />
on the study of religion and resilience. In his research, writing, and clinical<br />
practice, he focuses on the ways trauma impacts people psychologically,<br />
socially, and physically—and on the ways spirituality can help.<br />
Members of the youth theater company at Schaubühne Berlin<br />
preparing for their performance of Brundibar.<br />
Greta Klingsberg (far left) was deported to Theresienstadt at age<br />
thirteen. Suddenly all alone, music helped her to momentarily escape<br />
the terrible reality of the camp. About performing in Brundibar, she said,<br />
“I was always afraid of the unknown, but when standing on stage, I<br />
could enter a totally different world.” After liberation, Greta immigrated<br />
to Jerusalem and studied voice at the Jerusalem Conservatoire. She is<br />
responsible for the translation of the Brundibar libretto into Hebrew.<br />
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