Playwright reclaims artistry and doomed lives from Holocaust
The Star-Ledger (Newsprint) – August 19, 2022
The Terezín ghetto was a prison. More than 141,000 Jews were forced to live in the walled-off Nazi work camp in what is now the Czech Republic during the Holocaust, enduring cramped spaces, a scarce diet and dismal conditions. Terezín, also known as Theresienstadt, slept 60 people to a dorm in bunks for women, men and children — families were not allowed to stay together. [Read More]
A lost comedy cabaret from the Terezin ghetto is reconstructed and finally staged
The Times of Israel – August 16, 2022
Originally banned by the camp’s Jewish leadership after dress rehearsal due to its boldness, Nazi victim Karel Švenk’s ‘The Last Cyclist’ is now getting its turn in the limelight – By RENEE GHERT-ZAND. Before World War II, Karel Švenk was a pioneer of avant-garde theater in Prague. A young actor, director, composer, and writer, he had a bright future ahead of him. [Read More]
A play was lost in the Holocaust. How N.J. playwright’s reconstruction brought it to TV
NJ.COM – August 16, 2022
The Terezín ghetto was a prison. More than 141,000 Jews were forced to live in the walled-off Nazi work camp in what is now the Czech Republic during the Holocaust, enduring cramped spaces, a scarce diet and dismal conditions. Terezín, also known as Theresienstadt, slept 60 people to a dorm in bunks for women, men and children — families were not allowed to stay together. [Read More]
Link to an Original Article – Published in Russian
Seagull Magazine – August 10, 2022
“Have you seen the film-play called “The Last Cyclist” yet? Its uniqueness is that it has risen from the dead. The play was written in 1944 by a prisoner of the Nazi concentration camp “Theresientstadt” Karel Schwenk. He also staged a play with actors – prisoners, but the performance was banned after a dress rehearsal. Moreover, it was not the Germans who banned it, but the Judenrat, that is, the Jewish Administrative Council of the camp. [Read More]
Lost Holocaust Play THE LAST CYCLIST Premieres On THIRTEEN’S Theater Close-Up
Broadway World – July 28, 2022
“The Last Cyclist,” a uniquely immersive new film directed by Edward Einhorn that captures a stage performance of a rediscovered dark comedy written and performed once in the Nazi concentration camp Terezin in 1944, receives its broadcast premiere on THIRTEEN’s Theater Close-Up on Tuesday August 16 at 9:30pm. [Read More]