Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank

In the organizer's words:

"Oh yes, I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to bring joy and benefit to the people who live around me or who don't know me after all. I want to live on, even after my death," wrote Anne Frank in her diary on April 5, 1944, impressively documenting her will to survive the horrors of the Holocaust. In her entries, in which she provides insights into her thoughts and feelings as well as the everyday life of a Jewish girl forced into hiding, the young author shows herself to be an intelligent and self-critical observer. With humor and confidence, she maintains her belief in a peaceful future and yet perceives the abysses of the time with great clarity. Anne Frank's writings have now been translated into more than 70 languages and published in over 100 countries, which shows how much her attempt to come to terms with the reality of her life through writing moves people around the world.

The Russian-Jewish composer, painter and writer Grigori Frid experienced the Second World War at the front and the catastrophic post-war period in the Soviet Union. Many of his family members were directly affected by the coercion and terror of the Stalinist dictatorship. Deeply impressed by Anne Frank's diary, he decided to write an opera - regardless of the ban at the time on addressing the Holocaust and Jewish stories. He turned the book into a highly concentrated opera that makes it clear that history still concerns us and will continue to do so. In her directorial debut in Chemnitz, director Corinna Tetzel spans an arc between composer, author and audience and brings Grigori Frid's opera into the here and now.

With the kind support of the Jewish Community of Chemnitz