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=__**Brundibar and the Children of World War 2 By: Youssef**__=

__**Introduction:**__
Brundibar was a type of music that was originated in the famous concentration camp of Theresienstadt. This music was composed by Krasa and Hoffmeister. The main instruments used by the children were normal camp instruments: flute, clarinet, guitar, accordion, piano, percussion, four violins, a cello, and a double bass. The children in the concentration camp would play on stage for an audience. This helped the Germans to show that they weren't as evil and bad as the public saw them to be. Even though the German Nazis were kind to the children playing the music, behind the curtains, they were nothing near kind. They went back to their evil ways. After the grand performance the kids were brought back stage to their camps. This was during the time of World War 2. The Nazis even invited the International Red Cross to watch one of the performances put on by the captured children. In the Theresienstadt concentration camp, about 15,000 children were living there. By the end of the war, only 93 of them survived. After performances, the children were taken to the back and killed. The most common way was to cremate them in the Crematorium. The live body would e put into the fire and burned. Then all that was left was actually not ashes. It was dried up pieces of bones.

__**Characters:**__
Me Mr. B - Interviewee on Brundibar Mrs. Karpf - Interviewee about Holocaust Luke Adams - Camera Man

__**Short Description of Scenes:**__
Act 1: I will give some background information about the music and the concentration camp. Act 2: I will interview Mr. B about Brundibar Act 3: I will interview Mrs. Karpf about the Holocaust

**__Detailed Description of Scenes__**
Chapel Act 1: "Brundibar is a type of music originated during the World War 2 period." "In some concentration camps, especially in the camp called Theresienstadt." "The soldiers there made the children prisoners learn how to play music." "The instruments used are like a regular orchestra." "There is a flute, clarinet, guitar, accordion, piano, percussion, four violins, a cello, and a double bass." (Show some pictures of instruments) "The children were forced to perform on stage." "The soldiers pretended to be nice to the kids on stage." "But after the show the soldiers were very cruel to the children." "As many people know, concentration camps tortured and killed many Jews." Many kids were put into a device called the Crematorium." (Show picture.) "This basically melted the kids and all that was left were their dried up bones." I'll have an animation of kids playing music.

Band Room Act 2: "What do you know about Brundibar?" "Can you tell me a little bit about each of the instruments used in Brundibar?" "Do you know the reasons why this type of music was made?"

Mrs. Karpf's Room Act 3: "What do you know about the Holocaust?" "What do you know about World War 2 on Jews?" "What do you think about the torture Jews were put through?"

Chapel Conclusion: "This topic shows how knowledge is power because if people and The Red Cross representatives actually knew what happened behind the curtains, they could have saved hundreds of lives." "People could have helped the children and gotten them out of the concentration camps." "The Crematoriums could have been shut down and not used again."

Credits

**__References__**
"Brundibar" by Tony Kushner http://www.amazon.com/Brundibar-Times-Illustrated-Books-Awards/dp/0786809043

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brundibar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQZQeTzmrU