mother's courage

On her way to the weekly Rummy meeting with her sister, sixty-year-old Elsa Tabori is intercepted by the Nazis and, along with 4,000 other Jews, is crammed into a cattle car heading to Auschwitz. It is courage that saves Elsa's life. The author's mother encounters bumbling auxiliary policemen, loyal but dim-witted Nazi henchmen, and a vegetarian philanthropist during her bizarre deportation, until she finally arrives at the Rummy game - a day late. Behind every laugh in this small autobiographical masterpiece by George Tabori lies the immeasurable suffering of the deported. Reading by Senta Berger, 1 mp3-CD, approx. 1 hour 10 minutes.