13 Jun 2013
A Common Experience
A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal playwright Yvette Nolan.
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Elfriede Irrall Rosel Goldbach
Walter Renneisen Max Goldbach
Jack Geula Bennie Goldbach
Giovanni Früh David Goldbach
Gloria Swoboda Gudrun Goldbach
Lore Bronner Oma Lore Goldbach
Bernhard Veith Opa Leopold Goldbach
Jolanda Zichmann Jule Goldbach
Alwy Becker Vera Cohen
Heidy Forster Lilo Cohen
Isabella Schneider Johanna
Ruth Küllenberg Dina
Pit Krüger Otto
Hanne Hiob Frau Silberstein
Uta Emmer Eva Berthold Uta Hertz Wolf Harnisch Herr Silberstein
Erika Wackernagel 
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