Agnese Pietrobon. In an attempt to remind us, today, that what happened does not concern an era and society foreign to our own but always touches ordinary people, people like us.
Were you satisfied with this premiere? The bond between mother and daughter that we present in the story is universal. Some of the audience felt a deep connection to the story because of their own family experiences of the Holocaust, or because they had lost relatives close to them.
Furthermore, we were honored that Marion Deichmann whose story we feature in the experience was with us at the Lido for the presentation panel chaired by Liz Rosenthal, and I really got the impression that people who went to speak with Marion saw in her a connection to their own personal stories. She is an incredible woman, amazing for 90 years old: she turned up at the Lido in sunglasses, a fine shirt, white trousers.
So elegant and cool lady. And you could see that she was really happy to meet those who approached her, to be able to share her life with them. But that is very tiring and sometimes during the production you also have to become a little numb to the emotional impact of it in order to protect yourself and focus on the job you have to do. So it is nice when you finally show it to people, and see their emotional reactions to it. It is a meaningful story that is important to talk about and we want people to remember and tell their friends about it.
We are getting now to the stage where there are only a few of the last generation of Holocaust survivors left. The idea is to create connections and bring people together to program this piece in their galleries or museums.
