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**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Mar 24

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

From a “Letters to Fred” review:

“We are witnessing in real time similar events to those that occurred in Germany 90 years ago. This work, like all other stories from the Holocaust, should serve as a stark warning to all of us that the horrors will never be a thing of the past unless we keep fighting to keep them there.”

https://critiquebrainz.org/review/50af802a-283a-467e-9cb8-97d3b4ee2200

critiquebrainz.orgReview of "Letters to Fred: A Portrait of the Herzberg Family During the Holocaust" by Franklyn - CritiqueBrainz

#BrachaBdil #SongCycle #LettersToFred

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**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

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Thrilled to have another article about „Letters to Fred“ – #NeverAgainIsNow!

”At the center of the commissioned work is Fred Herzberg, who was rescued by a Kindertransport to England in 1939, while his parents and sister were murdered in Auschwitz.“

Thank you so much, Sven Koch and Lippische Landes-Zeitung!

Screenshot from the Lippische Landes-Zeitung website. On the left a close-up of a dark-haired woman with red lipstick (Megan Marie Hart, photo: Jo Herzberg, CC BY-SA 4.0), on the right yellow and white text on dark gray in German:

Erinnern & Gedenken
Darmstädter Theater vertont „Letters to Fred“ und erinnert an Detmolder Familie Herzberg

Das Stück feierte schon Ende Januar anlässlich des Holocaust-Gedenktages seine Premiere. Angestoßen wurde das Auftragswerk der Komponistin Bracha Bdil durch die Initiative von Sängerin und Detmolder Theaterpreisträgerin Megan Marie Hart und Joanne Herzberg.
26. Februar 2025

[The piece celebrated its premiere at the end of January on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The commissioned work by composer Bracha Bdil was initiated by singer and Detmold Theater Prize winner Megan Marie Hart and Joanne Herzberg.
February 26, 2025]

#LettersToFred #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembrance

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

Ich freue mich sehr über einen weiteren Artikel über „Letters to Fred“ –#NeverAgainIsNow!

„Im Zentrum des Auftragswerks steht Fred Herzberg, der 1939 durch einen Kindertransport nach England gerettet wurde, während seine Eltern und seine Schwester in Auschwitz ermordet wurden.“

Vielen Dank, Sven Koch und Lippische Landes-Zeitung!

https://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/24050956_Darmstaedter-Theater-vertont-Letters-to-Fred-und-erinnert-an-Detmolder-Familie-Herzberg.html

Lippische Landes-Zeitung · Feb 26Darmstädter Theater vertont „Letters to Fred“ und erinnert an Detmolder Familie HerzbergBy Sven Koch

#LettersToFred #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembrance

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Feb 16 *

Feb 16 *

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

LETTERS TO FRED

„Zwei Liedprogramme an einem Tag spannten einen Bogen von Lebenslust, Poesie und gerechtem Zorn am Vormittag zu trauerndem Andenken am Abend. Zwei Freundinnen erlebten dies gemeinsam, Megan Marie Hart auf den Bühnen, Joanne Herzberg im Publikum.“

Vielen Dank, lieber Detlef Obens & @opernmagazin!

https://opernmagazin.de/letters-to-fred-urauffuehrung-des-liederzyklus-von-bracha-bdil/

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DAS OPERNMAGAZIN · Feb 16„Letters to Fred“ Uraufführung am Staatstheater Darmstadt

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DAS OPERNMAGAZIN

#operaSinger #BrachaBdil #Darmstadt

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Feb 12

Feb 12

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

LETTERS TO FRED: A Portrait of the Herzberg Family During the Holocaust
Song Cycle by Bracha Bdil

The terrible brutality of the Holocaust is so incomprehensible in its extent that it can only be understood on the basis of individual fates. This song cycle quotes from letters to the only survivor of the #Herzberg family from #Detmold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvxOatnH04

YouTubeBracha Bdil: "Letters to Fred"–Holocaust Song cycle - Soprano & Piano, Staatstheater Darmstadt, 2025By Bracha Bdil

#LettersToFred #BrachaBdil #songCycle

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 29 *

Jan 29 *

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

On February 4, my friend tenor Ricardo Garcia* & I will sing for the sports club SV Darmstadt 98. Loved in the city and beyond, their fleur-de-lis logo is omnipresent in town, and they’re nicknamed Die Lilien (The Lilies).

I was very touched by their memorial march on Holocaust-Remembrance Day! And I think we have the best possible song for them on the 4th — I already know it will mean a lot to us all!

https://www.sv98.de/never-again-sv-98-memorial-event/

*edit!

www.sv98.de“Never again!” – SV 98 memorial eventJanuary 27th marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In memory of the victims of National Socialism, SV Darmstadt 98 organized a memorial walk from Schlossgartenplatz to Dr.-Karl-Heß-Platz. A wreath-laying ceremony including various speeches took place there.

#darmstadt #sv98 #Lilien

**SistaRay** @sista_ray@bildung.social · Jan 27 *

Jan 27 *

SistaRay @sista_ray@bildung.social

A day of remembrance.
Local cemetery, last used in 1940.

Transkription und Übersetzung der Inschrift nach http://www.steinheim-institut.de/cgi-bin/epidat?id=e21-41&lang=de

Bildausschnitt eines Friedhofs mit Grabmälern aus dem letzten und im Hintergrund vorletzten Jahrhundert. Die Grabsteine - meist aus Granit - stehen in Reihen hintereinander, von den anderthalb Reihen sichtbar sind. Die Sockel der Steine sind bemoost und auch die Inschriften sind grünlich überzogen. Die Inschriften haben hebräischen und deutschen Text. Nur der Stein im Vordergrund ist komplett lesbar.
Diplomatische Transkription und Übersetzung:

‎‏פ״נ‏‎ Hier ist begraben
‎‏אשת חיל עטרת בעלה האשה‏‎ ›eine tüchtige Gattin, Krone ihres Gatten‹, die teure
‎‏היקרה והצדקה אשה יראת ה׳‏‎ und wohltätige Frau, eine Frau, die den Ewigen ehrfürchtet,
‎‏לאה בת ישי‏‎ Lea, Tochter des Jischai,
‎‏מתה ביום כ״ט אדר ר׳ תרצ״ח‏‎ gestorben am 29. Tag des ersten Adar 698.
‎‏תנצב״ה‏‎ Ihre Seele sei eingebunden in das Bündel des Lebens
Frau Helene Winter
geb. Klein
geb. 2. Aug. 1864
gest. 2. März 1938.

#HolocaustRemembrance

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Jan 27

Jan 27

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

“If these children need me in days of sunshine,
how much more do they need me in days of darkness?”
—Jane Haining

“In Days of Darkness”, a poem by Stuart A. Paterson for Holocaust Memorial Day

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/days-darkness/

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#Scottish #literature #poem

**Rita Singer** @_bydbach_@hcommons.social · Jan 27

Jan 27

Rita Singer @_bydbach_@hcommons.social

"The Austrian Deaf community has been well organised and unified by a common language since the 19th century. But since only 10% of Deaf people have Deaf parents, therefore the transfer of language, the preservation of culture and identity and the handing down of the common history are especially fragile. Hence, documenting the experiences of older people and making them accessible for Deaf children and youth is all the more important. National Socialist rule brought forth changes for everyone. The Deaf community was in particular danger (less information, no alarms) and directly threatened by Nazi legislation (e.g. forced sterilisations). Courses of action taken then and ways to deal with memories today vary greatly, just like in the hearing society."

Film 'Shoah' from the project 'Deaf Austrians in National Socialism'.

#HolocaustGedenktag #HolocaustRemembrance #ÖGS #ÖsterreichischeGebärdenSprache #Deaf #DeafHistory #Histodons

https://gehoerlos-im-ns.univie.ac.at//index.php?language=en&page=movie&movie=shoa

gehoerlos-im-ns.univie.ac.atGehörlose ÖsterreicherInnen im Nationalsozialismus · Start

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**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 25

Jan 25

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The evening recital is our world premiere of Bracha Bdil's Letters to Fred at Staatstheater Darmstadt, with pianist Giacomo Marignani.

Letters to Fred is the story of Fritz Herzberg, the father of my dear friend Jo, based on letters written to him during the Holocaust. This is a huge and momentous project for me, and one that I dreamed of for years.

Both of these programs are in honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-zum-gedenken-an-die-befreiung-des-kz-auschwitz.1931/

www.staatstheater-darmstadt.deVeranstaltung zum Gedenken an die Befreiung des KZ Auschwitz | Staatstheater Darmstadt

#holocaustRemembrance

**Trilobyter** @Trilobyter@mastodon.world · Jan 24

Jan 24

Trilobyter @Trilobyter@mastodon.world

Color photo of a long low wooden building with two chimneys and a row of windows across the facade.

#FensterFreitag #photography #HolocaustRemembrance

**oatmeal** @oatmeal@kolektiva.social · Jan 24 *

Jan 24 *

oatmeal @oatmeal@kolektiva.social

#EU / Relatives of Israeli hostages urge European Parliament to cancel invite to Israeli Minister over far-right ties and ethnic cleansing support

More than 40 relatives of Israeli hostages and victims of the October 7 massacre, along with European Jewish leaders, have called on the European Parliament to rescind an invitation to Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli. In a letter, they criticized Chikli for voting against the hostage deal, aligning with far-right European politicians, and supporting ethnic cleansing in Gaza and South Lebanon. The signatories argue that his presence at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day conference would undermine the event's values of human dignity and justice.

[…] "Such a position, which is deeply troubling, is incompatible with the human rights and dignity that should underpin Holocaust remembrance and education,"

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-24/ty-article/.premium/hostages-relatives-beg-european-parliament-to-rescind-invite-to-israeli-diaspora-minister/00000194-956a-dc39-a5fc-97fb9b920000 or

@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#HolocaustRemembrance

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

Promo for the world premiere of Letters to Fred, Sunday, Januar 26 2025 at Staatstheater Darmstadt.

I wish German theaters would use the #fediverse already! But until they do, we have to make do with #meta

https://www.facebook.com/reel/940487224893020

www.facebook.comAnlässlich des 80. Holocaust-Gedenktags hat die Komponistin Bracha Bdil einen sehr besonderen Liederzyklus komponiert. Ensemblemitglied und Sängerin Megan Marie Hart erzählt, welche besondere Geschichte hinter „Letters to Fred“ steckt und gibt einen Einblick in die Proben. ✉️ ➡ Am 26. Januar 19:00 Uhr / Großes Haus ➡ Infos: Link in unserer Bio 🎥🎬 Lara Roßmann & Sophie Hein | Staatstheater DarmstadtAnlässlich des 80. Holocaust-Gedenktags hat die Komponistin Bracha Bdil einen sehr besonderen Liederzyklus komponiert. Ensemblemitglied und Sängerin Megan Marie Hart erzählt, welche besondere...

#LettersToFred #WorldPremiere #holocaustRemembrance

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

We are currently in the middle of rehearsals with composer Bracha Bdil. I just wanted to quickly share this picture my husband took of Giacomo and I in my dressing room yesterday after our Letters to Fred rehearsal on the big stage.

Two people on a black leather sofa in front of a yellow wall look at each other. On the left sits pianist Giacomo Marignani with spectacles, short-cropped hair and beard, wearing a black shirt, grey jacket and grey trousers. On the right, with her black hair pinned up and wearing red lipstick, soprano Megan Marie Hart sits wearing a dark blue puffer coat with faux fur trim. Both have sheets of music on their laps; they are making notes in their scores in Hart's dressing room after a rehearsal for the upcoming world premiere of the song cycle Letters to Fred by composer Bracha Bdil at the Staatstheater Darmstadt on 26 January 2025. Photo: Stefan Romero Grieser, CC-BY-SA 4.0

#operaSinger #LettersToFred #Darmstadt

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 20

Jan 20

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

„Das Landestheater Detmold hat Megan Marie Hart zu dieser Liedmatinee eingeladen, um sich am nationalen Gedenken anlässlich des 80. Jahrestages der Befreiung des Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz-Birkenau von sowjetischen Soldaten am 27. Januar 1945 zu beteiligen. Seit 1942 wurden in dem Vernichtungslager über eine Million Menschen ermordet. Diese mit dem Antisemitismus einhergehende Massenvernichtung darf nicht in Vergessenheit geraten.“

https://westfalium.de/2025/01/20/megan-marie/

Westfalen erleben · Jan 20Megan Marie Hart singt in Detmold Westfalen erlebenMegan Marie Hart gestaltet Liedmatinee im Landestheater in Detmold. Sopranistin singt Lieder jüdischer Komponisten.

#Jewstodon #holocaustRemembrance

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 18 *

Jan 18 *

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

LIEDMATINEE
Berühmte Komponisten jüdischer Herkunft

January 26
11:30 am
Landestheater Detmold

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, with works by Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Bernstein, Lazar Weiner, Sholom Secunda, Abraham Ellstein, Korngold & Simon Sargon

Soprano: Megan Marie Hart
Piano: Mathias Mönius

https://www.landestheater-detmold.de/de/programm/liedmatinee-megan-marie-hart/41363145

White square with text in front of a blue sky with pink and orange clouds of a sunrise. Capital letters read in a square shape:

BERÜHMTE
KOMPONISTEN
JÜDISCHER
HERKUNFT

LIEDMATINEE
MEGAN MARIE HART

Illustration for the matinée recital by soprano Megan Marie Hart with pianist Mathias Mönius at the special event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945, at Landestheater Detmold on 26 January 2025. Illustration: Stefan Romero Grieser, CC BY-SA 4.0 (@operaimmagine)

#Liedmatinee #Lieder #ArtSong

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 18 *

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Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

LETTERS TO FRED
Zum Gedenken an die Befreiung des KZ Auschwitz

January 26
19:00
Staatstheater Darmstadt

World premiere of Bracha Bdil’s song cycle about Fred Herzberg, who was saved by Kindertransport to England in 1939, while his family was murdered in Auschwitz.

Composed for Megan Marie Hart, commissioned by Statstheater Darmstadt.

Piano: Giacomo Marignani

https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-zum-gedenken-an-die-befreiung-des-kz-auschwitz.1931/

White square with text in front of a blue sky with red and orange clouds of a sunset. Capital letters read in a square shape:

LETTERS
TO FRED
BRACHA BDIL
SONG CYCLE
WORLD PREMIERE

Illustration for the world premiere of Bracha Bdil’s song cycle, performed by soprano Megan Marie Hart with pianist Giacomo Marignani at the special event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27th 1945, at Staatstheater Darmstadt on 26 January 2025. Illustration: Stefan Romero Grieser, CC BY-SA 4.0 (@operaimmagine)

#Liedzyklus #ArtSong #Darmstadt

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 13

Jan 13

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

BERÜHMTE KOMPONISTEN JÜDISCHER HERKUNFT

January 26
11:30
Landestheater Detmold

OLD HOLLYWOOD
Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein

JIDDISCHE ARIEN
Lazar Weiner, Sholom Secunda, Abraham Ellstein

LIEDERZYKLEN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Simon Sargon

Megan Marie Hart, Sopran & Mathias Mönius, Piano

https://www.landestheater-detmold.de/de/programm/liedmatinee-megan-marie-hart/41363145

White square with text in a sans serif uppercase font in purple, fadeing to pink. The text is in German and reads:

BERÜHMTE
KOMPONISTEN
JÜDISCHER
HERKUNFT

LIEDMATINEE
MEGAN MARIE HART

[english: Famous composers of Jewish origin, art song matinee, Megan Marie Hart]

Promotional image for the recital at the Landestheater Detmold on January 26, 2025.

#Liedmatinee #Lieder #ArtSong

**Megan Marie Hart** @meganmariehart@mastodon.social · Jan 12 *

Jan 12 *

Megan Marie Hart @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

Preview of my upcoming Liedmatinee at Landesthater Detmold. I am so happy to present some of my favorite Jewish composers to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

BERÜHMTE KOMPONISTEN JÜDISCHER HERKUNFT
January 26
11:30 am
Landestheater Detmold

https://www.landestheater-detmold.de/de/programm/liedmatinee-megan-marie-hart/41363145