"And Then They Came for Me" play

Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg were REAL friends of Anne Frank. They both survived the Holocaust, although Anne did not. Here is a play that intertwines their video interviews with on-stage scenes from the War years. Powerful! Such a vivid portrayal of Jewish families who had fled to Holland and Belgium but were caught anyway. It should never happen again!

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
-Pastor Martin Niemoller

Showing at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City now through Oct. 24.