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‘Starting from zero’ - newness from the ruins of Schindler’s Ark
‘Starting from zero’ was the theme of the event in the ruined Schindler’s Ark on 30th July 2022 – ‘creating newness out of ruins – new stories, new textiles, new film, new music, new theatre’. New testimonies of second-generation survivors were released, including of the daughters of Joseph Bau, their parents married in the camp in Schindler’s List. The first Low-Beer textiles since 1938 were released, the Brno-Mendel and textiles by Otti Berger. The new film Absence, two songs based on the poems written by Joseph Bau in the camp, and the premier of the play Last Day of the Fire by Arnošt Lustig, directed by his daughter Eva Lustigová.
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Image courtesy of Schindler's Ark
