MUTTERS COURAGE von George Tabori

In the organizer's words:

George Tabori had a keen sense for humor in a context of horror, for the absurd punchline in the realm of evil. In Mother's Courage, he tells the impossible story of a sixty-year-old Jewish woman who is arrested on the street in Budapest in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz in a cattle car with 4030 other people. And is the only one to survive. The impossible story is a true story. Elsa Tabori experienced it. Her son wrote it down. Since then, it has been part of oral history - of course only for those of us who believe that history cannot simply be "left behind". Which, according to a survey in 2015, 81% of Germans would like to do with regard to the Holocaust. "It's clear: the Germans will never forgive us Jews for Auschwitz," says Israeli psychoanalyst Zwi Rex. Tabori's homage to his mother is, in a broader sense, a homage to all mothers whose courage, wit and will to live gave their children the opportunity to overcome their own trauma. "This haggling over formulations, which is of course also a negotiation of truth, is worked out with laconic wit, but above all serves to make the horror behind the story bearable. This play between the two is wonderful - precise, tender, touching. Great applause". Anja Witzke, theater critic Over the past 30 years, the production has had over 170 performances, including in New York and Los Angeles. Production: Thomas Bockelmann Stage: Pia Janssen Costumes: Ursina Zürcher Music: Erich Radke Dramaturgy: Michael Volk Elsa Tabori Sigrun Schneider-Kaethner Georg Tabori Thomas Bockelmann Premiere: September 13, 2025 at 8 pm, play introduction always at 7:30 pm Venue: Gewölbe, Bursagasse 16