Students in grades 8–10 at Ederseeschule Herzhausen are performing this play under the direction of Stephan Rumphorst at the Korbacher Theaterwochen. Dramaturgical guidance: Karl-Heinz Stadtler (Förderkreis Synagoge Vöhl).

The Vöhl Synagogue and the Edersee School in Herzhausen have joined forces to bring the life story of a Jewish man from Vöhl to the stage. All the historical facts are accurate; the cast and director have simply taken some creative liberties here and there to make the story flow more smoothly.
In the play, the Jewish character Max Mildenberg becomes Max Blumberg, who grows up in good neighborly and friendly relations with the Protestant Klaus at the beginning of the 20th century. Together they play soccer and sing in the men’s choir. But then the Nazis come to power, and their friendship is put to a severe test.

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