When the Nazis Seized Power, This Jewish Actor Took on the Role of His Life
Source: Smithsonian
On an evening in May 1934, a crowd filed into an auditorium in the port city of Szczecin, now in northwestern Poland. The city was then known as Stettin, and it was the capital of the state of Pomerania in Nazi Germany. The audience hunted for their seats beneath the chandelier. The houselights of the Stadttheater dimmed and the curtains opened to Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The title role of Hedda, Ibsen’s…
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