And Then They Came for Me

For the memoir by Maziar Bahari, see Then They Came for Me.

And Then They Came for Me is a play by American author James Still.^[1] It is a multimedia production, which combines tapes of interviews with Anne Frank's friends who survived the Holocaust – Ed Silverberg (formerly Helmuth "Hello" Silberberg) and Eva Geiringer Schloss – with live actors recreating the scenes from their lives. It is part oral history, part drama, part remembrance, and is ensemble driven.^[2] The title refers to the famous 1946 poem "First they came ..." by Pastor Martin Niemöller.

Cast

• Ed – Born in Germany 1926. Given name is Helmuth Silberberg (nicknamed "Hello"); now uses the name Ed Silverberg. Moved to the Netherlands to escape the Nazis.
• Ed’s Father – Sends Ed to his grandfather in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He went to Belgium.
• Ed’s Mother – Moved to Belgium with Ed’s father.
• Eva – Eva Geiringer Schloss. Born in Austria in 1929, her family moves to Amsterdam in 1940.
• Heinz Geiringer – Eva’s brother.
• Mutti Geiringer – Eva’s mother.
• Pappy Geiringer – Eva’s father. Separates himself and Heinz from the rest of the family because it is easier to hide two people than four.
• Anne Frank – Born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her father moves his family to Amsterdam in 1934 after Hitler comes to power.
• SS Border Guards.
• Hitler Youth.