Lights Up on the Dark: The Holocaust Onstage23 Juni 2025

Impossible Choices: "The White Factory" by Dmitry Glukhovsky (24th February 2025)

Content warning: References to suicide and SA against women and children.

In this episode - the first in the Impossible Choices series - Sam and Alex explore Dmitry Glukhovsky’s The White Factory. Beginning in 1960s New York, the play follows survivor Yosef Kaufmann as he learns a notorious SS officer has finally been apprehended. Forced to confront his own experiences in the Łódź Ghetto, Yosef once again finds himself caught between seemingly impossible choices.

Sam and Alex discuss themes such as the history of the Ghetto, including the controversial figure of Chaim Rumkowski; and how The White Factory emphasises Jewish history and culture, vitally demonstrating the humanity that the Nazis tried to annihilate.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Adrian Schiller.

Hosts: Samantha Mitschke & Alexandra Gellner

Executive Producer: Samantha Mitschke

Producer / Editor: Alexandra Gellner

Music: “⁠Image⁠” by ⁠Infraction Music⁠

Contact: ⁠https://holocaustonstage.com/contact/⁠

Episode Sources

Books & Articles

Marc Tracy, “The Holocaust’s Grandchildren Are Speaking Now” in The New York Times, 20 October 2024: ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/arts/real-pain-eisenberg-holocaust-third-generation.html⁠

Plays

The Merchant of Venice 1936 (2025 UK tour): ⁠https://merchantofvenice1936.co.uk/⁠

The White Factory at the Marylebone Theatre, London (2023): ⁠https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/the-white-factory⁠

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