The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After The Holocaust provides a creative way to learn about the war and post-Holocaust resettlement. The narratives in the the book can be reworked into dramatic readings performed by community members or students. A selection of five to six readings, each approximately ten-minutes long, captures the arc of displacement, migration and resettlement experiences of the survivors. The readings can be performed either in a theatrical setting or to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Education Week, Remembrance Day. In consultation with your community or program, we can create a customized set of dramatic readings that suits your audience. Below is an excerpt from a review of a dramatic reading event at St. Thomas University :
Overall the evening was a success. It was reassuring to see many young people in the audience, keen to hear these stories from the survivors. After the readings, there was a a lively question and answer period led by Dr. Abramson. A young man posed the final question of the evening, and his question brought together the issues of immigration and xenophobia in Canadian society, in the past and in the present. This was fitting as his question connected the stories in Abramson and Lynch’s book to the plights of refugees in Canadian society today. (Amelia Whittaker)
The Montreal Shtetl 