Two worlds collide: the Buchenwald Zoo, which was intended to provide SS members and their families with "diversion and entertainment in their free time" and to showcase "some animals in their beauty and peculiarity", and the cruel life on the "other side of the fence", the life of the inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp. In this fable, animals speak and have human characteristics. The play impressively shows the zoo community, which is well aware of the human misery behind the barbed wire. The animals' behavior reveals the parallels to German society under National Socialism. "Was das Nashorn sah, als es auf die andere Seite des Zauns schaute" by Jens Raschke is also published by Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH
Theatergruppe "CTK-Cuneus Theaterkultur"
Directed by: Linda Keil
For audiences aged 10 and over
Duration: 120 minutes including interval
Performance rights "Drei Masken Verlag" Munich
With the kind support of Volksbank Beckum-Lippstadt eG.
