Rebuilding Vanished Dreams

By Ora Davy

Teaching Love through Understanding History
Teaching Kids about the Holocaust

The purpose of this play is not to scare children but to teach them to love those who are different from them and to enjoy the gifts and bounty of our beautiful earth.

Key points
Hate can hurtmentally and physically.
Do not judge others until you have walked in their shoes.
Forgive each other.
Have hope and compassion for human beings.
The beauty of the world is for all to enjoy. Let's take care of it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543479461

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Copyright © 2018 by Ora Davy.

Library of Congress Control Number:             2018900829

ISBN:                   Hardcover                                   978-1-5434-7944-7

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Contents

Introduction

Rebuilding Vanished Dreams

Act 1, Scene 1

Act 1, Scene 2

Act 1, Scene 3

Act 1, Scene 4

Act 2, Scene 1

Act 2, Scene 2

Act 2, Scene 3

Act 3, Scene 1

Act 3, Scene 2

Act 3, Scene 3

Glossary

Dedicated to the Goldblatt and Gluzman families,

to those who perished during the Holocaust,

and to those who survived, including my parents, Nelly and Litman Gluzman.

Introduction

This play was written in memory of the millions of children who had dreams of what they wanted to be when they grew up. Unfortunately, they never had a chance to fulfill their dreams because of a terrible war, the Second World War. These were Jewish children, and when the Nazis took power in Germany, they wanted to rid the world of Jews. It did not matter to them if a person was a child, a baby, a man, or a woman. Some children survived, and some did not. By keeping their dreams alive,