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I Never Saw Another Butterfly

April 13, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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One event on April 14, 2018 at 3:00 pm

Presented in partnership with Congregation Ahavas Achim and Newburyport Human Rights Commission.

Over 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin, and only about a hundred were still alive when Terezin was liberated at the end of the war. One of the survivors, Raja, having lived through it all, teaching the children when there was nothing to teach with, helping to give them hope when there was little enough reason for hope, creating a little world of laughter, of flowers and butterflies behind the barbed wire, tells the true story of the children. It’s her play and it’s theirs. There were no butterflies at Terezin, of course, but for the children, butterflies became a symbol of defiance, making it possible for them to live on and play happily while waiting to be transported.

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Date:
April 13, 2018
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
$10
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Website:
http://www.firehouse.org/see-a-show/257-i-never-saw-another-butterfly

Venue

Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square
Newburyport, MA 01950 United States
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Phone
978-462-7336
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