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With this lecture in the series of his gramophone readings, Jo van Nelsen opens a largely tabooed chapter of German cabaret and contemporary history: CABARET IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. Whether in Esterwegen, Westerbork, or Theresienstadt - many of the incarcerated entertainment stars of the Weimar Republic also performed here - sometimes secretly, sometimes by order.

The Frankfurt music cabaret artist and cabaret historian Jo van Nelsen brings this almost forgotten, but problematic cultural history back to life in this evening. In his knowledgeable lecture, he will talk about the fates of many imprisoned artists (such as Isa Vermehren, Willy Rosen, Paul O´Montis, Kurt Gerron, among others), read their texts, sing their songs, and play shellac records of them. Rare pictures and film material make this gramophone reading a fascinating journey through time and a multimedia experience once again.

Another evening against forgetting and for remembering those who made entertainment their purpose in life, even behind barbed wire. Those who had to endure that the yellow star or the pink triangle on their chest weighed heavy - even after the war.

Yet, it is also an evening where there is much laughter - because the authors and performers presented were simply masters of their craft!

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