Die Odyssee der Hanni Baumgarten

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Fri 24.01.2025 | 7 pm | Haus im Park

The Odyssey of Hanni Baumgarten

VVK: 12€ / 8€ The Odyssey of Hanni Baumgarten - ticketree

Theater | Scenic portrait

Four artists deal with an incredible but true story: the story of the Jewish woman Hanni Baumgarten, who lived through the Nazi era as a teenager in the small town of Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony.

She came to the small town of Verden in Lower Saxony in 1929 after the premature death of her parents, experienced the last years of the Weimar Republic, the repression of the Nazi era, the November pogroms (the synagogue in Verden also burned down) and decided to emigrate to Palestine in 1940.

Her adventurous journey took her via Austria to Romania, by ship through the Bosporus via Cyprus and Crete, until she finally reached the coast of Palestine. There she was suspected of espionage by the British and interned on a ship that sank a few weeks later. Hanni, a good swimmer, was able to reach the shore of her promised land with the last of her strength.

Based on the play by the Ekke Neckepen Theater, the show uses theater, dance, music and contemporary circus to tell not only a piece of contemporary history, but also a story of courage.

The artists Christoph Bendikowski (Ekke Neckepen Theater), Tina Badenhop, Merle Freund and Martin Bogus paint a scenic portrait of a young woman growing up who never gives up hope despite the greatest reprisals and finally finds happiness.