The author's account of the nearly century-long history of the Strach family from Brno is based on the story of a holiday book, a machzor confiscated during World War II in Terezín. After 82 years, it was found and returned to the family of its original owners. The machzor was part of a collection of
12,000 prayer books confiscated from Jews in concentration camps in the Czech Republic.
As part of the Library of Stolen Hopes project, the Jewish Community of Brno is trying to archive the books, but
above all to locate the descendants of the original owners and return them to them. The theater performance and discussion with Angela Strach
will take place in the unique setting of the normally inaccessible Klausen Synagogue in Prague and will include a meeting
with Rabbi Štěpán Menaše Kliment. The event was created in cooperation with the Bubny Center for Memory and Dialogue, the Jewish Museum in Prague, and the ŠTETL Center for Jewish Culture. The program is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

10:00 Ask the Rabbi
10:15 Theater performance The Story of the Book
11:15 Discussion with Cornelius Strach's granddaughter