The Presence of WWII

Movies:
The Sound of Music- The musical story of a family living in Austria in 1938. Captain Von Trapp is summoned by the Third Reich to continue his service in the navy. The family must leave Austria to escape Nazi officers trying to track them down.

South Pacific- A musical comedy taking place in 1943 on the Solomon Islands where military nurses and US navy men are preparing for an invasion toward New Guinea and the Central Pacific.

Theater:
The Diary of Anne Frank at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival- the story of a Jewish girl and her family hiding from the Nazis.

Dance Concert (at ODC):
In the Memory of the Forest by Brenda Way- Choreography of the memories of a young Jewish girl who escaped Warsaw by traveling through the forests of Russia

Books:
Milk Weed by Jerry Spinelli- the story of a Jewish orphan boy in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, and his experiences and losses in and out of the ghetto.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles- The story of two teenage boys attending high school during the early years of the war.