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Masters of the Word - Prayer for Katerina Horovitz
A powerful story where bigotry gets a well-deserved lesson from the weakest opponent
A Prayer for Katherine Horovitz is a psychological novel inspired by true events. Arnošt Lustig wrote this book in 12 days. The story takes place in 1943. The Germans have captured a group of twenty Jewish merchants in Sicily, led by Mr Cohen, on the pretext of exchanging them for captured German officers. They are promised that they will all be taken by train to an American ship for a million francs, including the young dancer Katherine Horovitz, but in reality they will all find death in a concentration camp. The character of Katerina Horovitz is inspired by a Polish actress who, on her way to the gas chamber - just like the book's Katerina - snatched a gun from a German officer and shot him.
The Masters of the Word edition is full of literary treasures. Our best acting voices, who are so close to us, talk about their favourite books and important literary works that have reached them, influenced them and to which they may even like to return. Each month, you can look forward to new stories in the Masters of the Word Edition, uniquely performed by our masters of the spoken word, and delight your heart.
Arnošt Lustig
Arnošt Lustig was a world-class Czech Jewish writer and journalist. In his books he often dealt with the subject of Holocaust survivors. When he was expelled from school in 1941 for racial reasons, he trained as a tailor and a year later was sent to Terezín. from here to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. In 1945 he escaped from a death transport and hid in Prague until the end of the war. He lost almost his entire family during the Holocaust, which had a great impact on him and his work. In 2012, the Arnošt Lustig Prize was established to mark the first anniversary of the writer's death. The award will go to individuals who combine qualities such as "courage and bravery, humanity and justice".
Dušan Sitek
Dušan Sitek was born in 1955 in Nový Bohumín. In 1981 he graduated from DAMU in Prague. He accepted his first engagement in Ostrava at the Petr Bezruč Theatre. He gained further acting experience at the Silesian Theatre in Opava. He was engaged at the Municipal Theatre Zlín for twenty-five years. Starting from the 2010/2011 season, he was engaged by the Theatre pod Palmovkou in Prague and is now a guest at the theatre. He has also acted in a number of films and television series and is also a dedicated audiobook loader.
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