The Strange Affair of Herschel Grynszpan

Embassy in Paris and shot a Nazi diplomat in protest at the plight of the Jews under the Third Reich. Hitler wanted to turn Herschel into a scapegoat and to display him to the world in a show trial. So Herschel made the decision to confess. He would tell the true story. The story of a thwarted forbidden love.

Told, in cabaret style and peopled with real-life characters. Czech film star, Lida Baarova, Evelyn and her Magic Violin, celebrity journalist Dorothy Thompson confront the villain of the piece – Josef Goebbels. And who is the MC in Herschel’s dreams?