The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret

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Playwrights Canada Press, 2005 - Drama - 79 pages

In 1987, John Demjanjuk was accused of being the Ivan the Terrible of the Nazi extermination camp, Treblinka, brought to trial in Jerusalem and sentenced to hang. The Trials probes the nature of guilt, the need for retribution, and the lessons still to be learned today from the Holocaust. Inspired by the great political theatre of Bertolt Brecht, the play features music co-composed by Christine Brubaker and Dora Mavor Moore award-winner Allen Cole.

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Contents

Section 1
11
Section 2
18
Section 3
20
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Jonathan Garfinkel has written a book of poetry, Glass Psalms, and the book Ambivalence: Adventures in Israel and Palestine (published in Canada, the US, and the UK; forthcoming in Germany and Hungary). His play The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret has been performed in Canada and Germany and was also published by Playwrights Canada Press. His articles have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Pen International, Judische Allgemeine, and The Walrus. Jonathan divides his time between Berlin, Budapest, and Toronto.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret
AuthorsJonathan Garfinkel, Allen Cole, Christine Brubaker
Editionillustrated
PublisherPlaywrights Canada Press, 2005
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized24 May 2008
ISBN0887547745, 9780887547744
Length79 pages
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Drama / Canadian
Drama / General
  
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