Staging Holocaust Resistance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-23

3. German Resistance: Carl Zuckmayer’s Des Teufels General

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   Pages 25-43

4. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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   Pages 45-61

5. Rescuing Jews in Western and Eastern Europe: Lois Lowry’s/Douglas W. Larche’s Number the Stars and Julian Garner’s The Flight into Egypt

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   Pages 63-87

6. Resistance in the Extermination Camps: Susan B. Katz’s Courage Untold

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   Pages 89-102

7. Resistance from the Clergy

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   Pages 103-134

8. Staging America’s Response to the Holocaust: Susan Lieberman and Stephen J. Morewitz’s Steamship Quanza

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   Pages 135-154

9. Aharon Megged’s Hanna Senesh

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   Pages 155-164

10. The Saga of Raoul Wallenberg: Nicholas Wenckheim’s Image and Likeness

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    Pages 165-186

11. The Legacy of Dr. Janusz Korczak

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    Pages 187-206

12. Conclusion

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    Pages 207-210

13. Back Matter

    Pages 211-268

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Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis.

• drama
• Europe
• Ghetto
• Holocaust
• Warsaw Ghetto

'Plunka believes that keeping alive acts of resistance to the Holocaust is necessary to "make the world a better place." He believes also that drama is the most effective kind of testimony ... The book [is] readily accessible to nonspecialists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.' - CHOICE

Gene A. Plunka is a professor of English (specializing in Contemporary Drama) at the University of Memphis.

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