"The Phoenix Cantata"

Identifier
irn34819
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.28
Dates
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34819

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rebecca Ritchie

Rebecca Ritchie donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 14, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of a one-act play entitled "The Phoenix Cantata" by Rebecca Ritchie and Violet Fabian. The play depicts two sisters, Violet and Gabriella Czodik, their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and liberation by the British at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Dr. Josef Mengele is also a character. The play is based on the Holocaust experiences of Violet Czodik Fabian.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Rebecca Ritchie

Subjects

  • Mengele, Josef--1911-1979.
  • Concentration camps--Poland--Oświęcim.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.