Silence Not, a Love Story
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During an economic crisis in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, an idealistic young Jewish woman involved in the labor movement in Hamburg joins with a rebellious artisan to resist the rise of Nazism, at the same time deepening their love for humanity and each other.Drawn from the true stories of Gisa Peiper and Paul Konopka, this is a story of courage and love that thrives despite the dangers, telling of hope and art of, of speaking out for the highest human values in the most pressing times.
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Foreword Reviews – Book of the Year Award FinalistReviews
‘Cynthia Cooper is a powerful playwright. Silence Not, A Love Story will spark a fabulous discussion on resistance today. Gisa and Paul have incredible moral courage and life-long-love that sustains them through a terrible period in history when society failed. Each of us needs to consider our character at every moment-are we perpetrator, victim, helper, bystander, or resister? Every high school student should read this play.” -Maureen McNeil, Director of Education, The Anne Frank Center USA “A new genre of works have emerged over the past several years, stories of resistance to the Nazi regime and of the struggles to maintain one’s dignity and decency in the wake of a totalitarian regime bent on the destruction of segments of the populations including the Jews. This powerful play recreates in moving drama those struggles and the desperate attempt of good people to remain moral in the most immoral of societies. Powerful, poignant and penetrating, it will move those who read it and cause them to ponder the sources of courage and resistance.” -Michael Berenbaum, Professor of Jewish Studies “Cynthia Cooper’s Silence Not, A Love Story, a riveting coming of age story told in play format is more than just a love story, or just another chapter in the history of the anti-Nazi movement. In this refreshing story-telling format, Cooper offers a simple call to arm to those who view the glass half full, and the mountains too steep. Gisa Peiper, the central character of Silence Not, A Love Story, is young, naive and passionate. Her courage entralls us, dares us. Cooper’s story is a story of courage, for all ages, all sexes, all cultures-reminding us, that courage sees no boundaries.” -Janis F. Kearney, former Personal Diarist to President William J. Clinton. Author, Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir; and Something to Write Home About: Memories From a Presidential DiaristStock Information
General Fields
- : 9780981990606
- : Gihon River Press
- : Gihon River Press
- : February 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Paperback
- : Cynthia L. Cooper
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