And Then They Came for Me
And Then They Came for Me is a play by American author James Still.[1] It is a multimedia production, which combines tapes of interviews with Anne Frank's friends who survived the Holocaust – Ed Silverberg (formerly Helmuth "Hello" Silberberg) and Eva Geiringer Schloss – with live actors recreating the scenes from their lives. It is part oral history, part drama, part remembrance, and is ensemble driven.[2] The title refers to the famous 1946 poem "First they came ..." by Pastor Martin Niemöller.
Cast
[edit]- Ed – Born in Germany 1926. Given name is Helmuth Silberberg (nicknamed "Hello"); now uses the name Ed Silverberg. Moved to the Netherlands to escape the Nazis.
- Ed’s Father – Sends Ed to his grandfather in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He went to Belgium.
- Ed’s Mother – Moved to Belgium with Ed’s father.
- Eva – Eva Geiringer Schloss. Born in Austria in 1929, her family moves to Amsterdam in 1940.
- Heinz Geiringer – Eva’s brother.
- Mutti Geiringer – Eva’s mother.
- Pappy Geiringer – Eva’s father. Separates himself and Heinz from the rest of the family because it is easier to hide two people than four.
- Anne Frank – Born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her father moves his family to Amsterdam in 1934 after Hitler comes to power.
- SS Border Guards.
- Hitler Youth.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Still, James, And Then They Came for Me Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Ovation Theatre Company, cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 20 March 2011
- ^ "Product Info". And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.