At Home with the Hitlers. The Hitlers’ Kitchen (Doma u Hitlerů. Hitlerovic kuchyň)

Abstract

About the Author: Arnošt Goldflam (1946) comes from a Czech-Austrian-Polish Jewish family, his parents survived the Holocaust. He is known as a playwright, theatre director, actor, novelist writing for children and adults. In 1977, he graduated from Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Brno). In 2007, Goldflam was appointed professor at the Theatre Academies in Prague and Brno. Jewish topics and the Holocaust occupy an important role in his works. For instance, he adapted several of Franz Kafka’s works for theatre (The Metamorphosis, 1989; The Trial, 1989; The Judgment, 1991). He also took part as a screenwriter in two TV documentary films which contained his interviews with Czech, Slovakian and German Jews who had emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Israel, Lost Home (Ztracený domov) and Found Home (Domov nalezený), both 1996.