A new play examining the former Slovak President Tiso and his complicity with Hitler during World War II. Madeline Vadkerty will be in attendance to discuss the history behind the play. Performed in English.
Madeline Vadkerty
Madeline Vadkerty, originally from Washington, DC, is a historian residing in Bratislava, Slovakia. She is the author of Your Honor Mr. President: Letters to Jozef Tiso (in Slovak) which is currently in its third printing. On February 27, 2027, Purdue University Press will publish her new book entitled Writing for their Lives: Ordinary People Petition Slovak President Jozef Tiso during the Holocaust. Both publications offer the historical context for the desperate pleas for mercy that Jews penned to Slovak president Jozef Tiso during World War II.
A former employee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Vadkerty’s mission is to expose audiences to the events that shaped the Holocaust in Slovakia and bring information out of the archives and into public awareness.
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The event is a part of Spring Staged Readings, Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival honoring Václav Havel, produced by the Václav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.
