Kindertransport (NHB Modern Plays)

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Rubin (Scarecrow Press, 1999), a compilation of eight plays, including Kindertransport, along with related activities and resources for upper elementary, middle and high school students. Kindertransport is based on the experiences of children who were allowed to leave Nazi Germany for England in 1938/39 and who were separated from their families, many of whom perished during the Holocaust.

Since it was first staged by the Soho Theatre Company in London in 1993, Diane Samuels’ Kindertransport has enjoyed huge success around the world, has been revived numerous times, and is widely studied in schools and colleges.

When Evelyn was nine, her mother Helga sent her to live in England to keep her safe from Nazi persecution.

They have an argument and Helga leaves, which is then followed by an imaginary vicious, angry argument between Helga and Evelyn in which Evelyn gets out all of her hatred for Helga, and she proclaims that Helga IS the Ratcatcher, a character constantly present in the play. Eva and Lil both eventually become at peace with one another and get on well; Eva is shown as gradually losing her Jewish roots.

He interrogates her in English and is visibly annoyed when Eva responds in German, the only language she understands. Kindertransport is a play by Diane Samuels, which examines the life, during World War II and afterwards, of a Kindertransport child.