Annes Kampf - Anne Frank vs. Adolf Hitler

In the organizer's words:

Adolf Hitler knew nothing about Anne Frank, but she knew everything about him.

It is Hitler's "Kampf" that tells and ends the story of Anne Frank. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of February, beginning of March 1945. What remains is her diary.

In this stage program, you will experience how the two texts collide in a sharply edited reading. Horror and hope, beast and young girl, the idea and its consequences for a single life.

At a time when the right is regaining strength, it is important to show the struggle of the small diary against the great dictator in order to develop a sense and ear for the subtleties of history once again. Because history is always made up of stories.
And stories are made up of destinies.

Cabaret artist and singer MARIANNE BLUM and actor THOMAS LINKE guarantee an evening that is not only educational but also entertaining, despite the gravity of the subject matter, just as Anne Frank's text is not only sad but also passionate and humorous and Hitler's work is not only frightening but also absurd in places. The two artists approach the books with respect and sensitivity and present them so skillfully and grippingly that the historical reality comes alive for the audience and at the same time the connection to the present becomes frighteningly obvious.

The reading is musically complemented by authentic Yiddish songs (some of which were written in the ghetto or labor camp), German hits, popular songs and songs of endurance from the time, which are sung live by MARIANNE BLUM. They not only add the authentic sound of the time to the play, they also bring the entirety of the persecuted onto the stage in an impressive way, of which Anne Frank is a prominent example.

This is a real-life history lesson and powerful literatainment!