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Beware far right danger
THE wonderfully restored, newly reopened St Stephen’s Church on Rosslyn Hill hosted a one-off dramatisation of the story of Anne Frank and her posthumous stepsister Eva Schloss on Tuesday night.
And Then They Came For Me used video footage of Ms Schloss and other Holocaust survivors speaking about their experiences and warning of the dangers of racism. This footage juxtaposed with scenes in which Anne, played by young Israeli actress Shani Perez, flirted with boys at her school or spoke about her ambition of becoming a writer.
The performance was attended by Ms Schloss who, like Anne, hid from the Nazis but was discovered and sent to a concentration camp during the war.
Ms Schloss was born in Vienna. After the Nazi Anschluss with Austria, she fled to Amsterdam with her family, and it was there that she met Anne Frank.
Now 80, Ms Schloss lives in St John’s Wood, having immigrated to England after the war. Ms Schloss’s mother married Anne’s father, Otto Frank, after the war ended, both their former spouses having perished in the Holocaust.
First staged in 1996, And Then They Came For Me has been performed in prisons and schools in the UK, and at the British, Scottish and European parliaments.
Ms Schloss said she is keen to see it performed in Israel, with both Jewish and Arab actors participating.
Nic Careem, who directed, warned of far right groups gaining influence at the upcoming European elections. |
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