The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other 'threats' to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry;
however, there has been a lack of information about the theater of the Holocaust. The immediacy of theater affects us emotionally, subliminally, and intellectually, in a direct way that few
other art forms can duplicate. Theater of the Holocaust can pay homage to the victims, educate audiences, induce an empathetic response from the audience, raise moral and ethical questions for
discussion/debate, and draw lessons from history. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the
United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in
their historical and cultural contexts.
