In 1942, after receiving news about mass killings in Belzec and Treblinka, some young Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto decided to fight back. On April 19, 1943, in response to the Nazis' attempt to raze the remnants of the ghetto, the ghetto fighters took up arms against the Nazis in the first urban uprising in Nazioccupied Europe.
They held out for almost a month— the longest Jewish uprising — before the resistance was crushed and the participants were shot or deported.
This inspirational story of defiance and resilience is the subject of writer John Atkins and composer William Wade's fictionalized work in progress Warsaw: A Musical Drama. Told through a richly harmonic score, Warsaw follows the life of Roman, a young Jewish man, who is forced to make difficult choices to save himself and his loved ones.
The performance, starring an ensemble of Broadway actors directed by Jamibeth Margolis, will take place on Sunday, March 2 at 1:30 P.M. in Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. A conversation with the artists about this work in progress will follow the show. -- www.mjhnyc.org
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