Romania's Jewish State Theater explores work on Holocaust
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Portraits of Auschwitz death camp prisoners are displayed on a mesh as actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, perform during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Actresses of the Jewish State Theatre perform during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The play premiered online and in front of spectators who took up less than a third of the seats because of measures meant to slow the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European nation. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Iolanda Covaci of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection, during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Oct. 9, the day when deportations of Romania's Jews and Roma began in 1941. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Katia Pascariu of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection, during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Oct. 9, the day when deportations of Romania's Jews and Roma began in 1941. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against the COVID-19 infection, perform during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Alexandra Fasola of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face mask for protection against COVID-19 infection, during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The play premiered online and in front of spectators who took up less than a third of the seats because of measures meant to slow the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European nation.(AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, perform during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Alexandra Fasola of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face mask for protection against COVID-19 infection, during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The play premiered online and in front of spectators who took up less than a third of the seats because of measures meant to slow the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European nation. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)In this photograph shot with a slow shutter speed actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, perform during rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The latest premire at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Alexandra Fasola of the Jewish State Theatre performs during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Names of victims scroll on a mesh at the Jewish State Theatre as actresses perform wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, during the rehearsals for premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, second from left, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)In this photograph shot with a slow shutter speed Romanian Jewish actress Maia Morgernstern, center, performs alongside fellow actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, during rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The latest premire at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)A painted window is reflected on a billboard displaying photographs of Jewish state Theatre artists during the rehearsals for premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, second from left, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against the COVID-19 infection, perform during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, perform during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The play premiered online and in front of spectators who took up less than a third of the seats because of measures meant to slow the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European nation. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Alexandra Fasola of the Jewish State Theatre performs during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Spectators, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, take their seats at the Jewish State Theatre before the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, which records the write'r's experiences Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The play premiered online and in front of spectators who took up less than a third of the seats because of measures meant to slow the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European nation. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Luana Stoica of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, during the rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Friday's debut of "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" by Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac follows the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Oct. 9, the day when deportations of Romania's Jews and Roma began in 1941. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Alexandra Fasola of the Jewish State Theatre performs, wearing a face mask for protection against COVID-19 infection, during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)In this photograph shot with a slow shutter speed actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, wearing face masks for protection against COVID-19 infection, perform during rehearsals for the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The latest premire at the Jewish State Theater in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, explores the horrors of the Holocaust via a survivor's memories of the Auschwitz and Plaszow concentration camps. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Portraits of Auschwitz death camp prisoners are displayed on a mesh as actresses of the Jewish State Theatre, perform during the premiere of the "The Beautiful Days of My Youth" play, based on the diary of Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivor Ana Novac, in Bucharest, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Maia Morgenstern, head of the Jewish State Theater and a Romanian Jewish actress best known for playing Mary in Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ," described the play's staging in an interview with The Associated Press as an "all-feminine project." (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
