Hidden History: A Memoir of Survival in Paris – An NJT “Prayer for the French Republic” Special Experience
Join NJT for a conversation with Dr. Dorian Stuber about the book Rue Ordener, Rue Labat, which recounts philosopher Sarah Kofman’s experience hiding from the Nazis during World War II—a story set in similar circumstances as NJT’s production of Prayer for the French Republic.
Philosopher Sarah Kofman was born in Paris in 1934, five years after her parents emigrated to France from Poland. She was only a child when her father, a rabbi, was arrested and deported to Auschwitz in July 1942. For the rest of the war, Kofman and her mother found shelter with a former neighbor. Many years later, Kofman wrote a memoir of her wartime experiences, describing how she was saved—but also abused—by the non-Jewish woman she would come to call Mémé. The story is both unique to Kofman and representative of the French Jewish experience during WWII.
The event will be led by Dr. Dorian Stuber, Emeritus Professor at Hendrix College and member of the Missouri Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission.
Participants are encouraged, but not expected, to read the book beforehand. Books are available through the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum gift shop.
Special thanks to the Rubin and Gloria Feldman Family Educational Institute for its support of NJT events that are designed to provide context for the production of Prayer for the French Republic.
