Remember this : the lesson of Jan Karski : a play / Clark Young and Derek Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Clark, author.

Goldman, Derek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland--Drama.

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.

Karski, Jan, 1914-2000--Drama.

Karski, Jan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book is the text of the play and screenplay, Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, a one-man play - and soon to be released film - starring David Strathairn. The text is accompanied by still images from the film, and essays by a range of outstanding contributors, including Samantha Power, Madeleine Albright, Azar Nafisi, and Leo O'Donovan, SJ. The goal is to publish the book this fall to coincide with the release of the film and new presentations of the play. The play and screenplay were inspired by the reissuing (by GU Press) of Jan Karski's Story of a Secret State in 2014. The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown first presented an early version of Remember This in 2014 with Georgetown students as the actors. Strathairn then become involved, and the play workshopped in New York, Warsaw, Washington, DC, and Princeton, before a fully-realized version was staged for the SFS Centennial in 2019 and in London in January 2020. When the pandemic made further productions of the play impossible, the authors decided to film the production. Jan Karski (1914-2000) served as a liaison officer of the Polish Underground during World War II and carried the first eyewitness report of the Holocaust to UK and US political leadership. After the war, Karski earned a PhD at Georgetown, where he served as a distinguished professor in the School of Foreign Service for forty years. He was recognized as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem and in 2012 was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Samantha Power

The Simple Teaching of "An Insignificant Man" / by Madeleine Albright

Jan Karski : A Brief Biography / by Timothy Snyder

Production History

Remember This : The Lesson of Jan Karski

A Conversation on Remember This / with Derek Goldman, David Strathairn, Clark Young moderated by Deborah Tannen

Do Something, Anything / by Aminatta Forna

A Life in Service : The Inspiration of Jan Karski / by Stuart Eizentstat

Bearing Witness and Speaking Truth to Power : A Conversation between Azar Nafisi and Cynthia Schneider

Afterword / by Leo O'Donovan, SJ

Further Reading.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781008911680

1008911682

OCLC:

1376364845