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On 15 November 1938, six days after the infamous Kristallnacht, the German State schools close their doors to Jewish students, plunging a Jewish family into new peril. Young Marianne’s world is upended: her father hides from the Gestapo while her mother remains overprotective. In the midst of escalating hostility, Marianne meets Ernest, a boy staying in her building during a holiday in Berlin. Their shared experiences draw them close, but when Ernest discovers Marianne’s Jewish background, he appears in a Hitler Youth uniform, challenging their friendship and her sense of self. *Good‑bye Marianne* is documentary fiction, drawn from the author’s childhood experiences in Nazi Germany and the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, and has been honored with a Jessie Award for Best Children’s Play.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Drama & Plays/Historical Drama
Authors: Irene N. Watts
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