Bedřich Fritta
Drawings
from the
Theresienstadt
Ghetto
17 May to 29 September 2013and as part of the special program on the Terezín Ghetto from
28 February to 4 May 2014
Monday Movies
Film series accompanying the exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Kurt Gerron - Karussell
Directed by Ilona Ziok, Germany/Netherlands/Czech Republic, 1999, 65 mins, in German (original version)
This documentary – premiered at the 49th Berlinale – tells the story of the Jewish singer, director, and film star from the Weimar Republic, Kurt Gerron. After his deportation in 1944 to the Theresienstadt ghetto, Gerron founded the cabaret "Karussell" there.
- "Kurt Gerrons Karussell" (film poster)
© TV Ventures/CV Films Berlin
The film combines interviews with contemporary witnesses, clips from songs, and scenes from an SS propaganda film made in the ghetto which Gerron had to direct just a few months before he was murdered in Auschwitz.
When: Monday, 3 June 2013, 7.30 pm
Where: Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin, Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free (with seat ticket only - available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation: Tel: +49 (0)30 259 93 488 or reservierung[at]jmberlin.de
Das ist kein Märchen, das ist die Wahrheit
[This is no fairytale, it is the truth]
Directed by Angelika Kettelhack, Germany 1988, 45 mins, in German (original version)
This documentary portrays Thomas Fritta-Haas, who spent the early years of his childhood in the Theresienstadt ghetto. On his third birthday, his father Bedřich Fritta gave Thomas a children's book drawn in the ghetto.
- Bedřich Fritta, "To Tommy, for His Third Birthday in Terezin, 22 January 1944", 1943/44
"This is not a fairy tale - it's real!"
Ink, pen and brush, watercolor, 22,5 x 31,5 x 3,3 cm
© Thomas Fritta-Haas, loan to the Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe
These images allow a subtle introduction to the life of Thomas Fritta-Haas, his exploration of his own family history and his Jewish identity.
When: Monday, 17 June 2013, 7.30 pm
Where: Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin, Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free (with seat ticket only - available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation: Tel: +49 (0)30 259 93 488 or reservierung[at]jmberlin.de
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Bedřich Fritta
Drawings
from the
Theresienstadt
Ghetto
17 May to 29 September 2013and as part of the special program on the Terezín Ghetto from
28 February to 21 April 2014
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