Review: 'Not a Celebration, But an Evening of Entertainment': "Cabaret in Captivity: Songs and Sketches from Terezin"
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Cabaret in Captivity: Songs and Sketches from Terezin Conceived by Edward Einhorn Developed and directed by Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell Musical direction, arrangements, and piano by Maria Dessena Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 at different venues monthly January 28-April 16, 2023 (also available on demand) Photo courtesy of Untitled Theater Company No. 61 Many of those well-versed in 20th century history – even on this marking of Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27 – may not know the place name Terezin or have heard of the Theresienstadt ghetto. Established by the Nazis in November 1941 in German-occupied Czechia, this camp was – and in the contemporary imagination, remains – a contradiction: a place of great suffering and starvation; a way-station or transit point connecting the Jews of Europe to death in Auschwitz. And yet, this was a model camp – a camp good enough to convince the Red Cross that conditions in Europe’s concentration camps were just fine. It