nomad theatre ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE
"Dad and mom - a family story" by Marie-Elisabeth Lüdde
A project of the nomad theater ensemble
With: Stefanie Friedrich | Gundi-Anna Schick | Klaus Gramüller | Jonathan Peller
Director: Daniel Klumpp | Set design: Katharina Müller | Lighting design: Alexander Joseph
Premiere: Wed 29.01.2025 - 7.30 pm
Further performances:
Thu 30.01.2025 | Fri 31.01.2025 | Sat 01.02.2025 | Sun 02.02.2025 - each at 7.30 pm
(Audience discussion afterwards on Thu/Fri/Sat)

Dad and mom beat their children. "Mom hits with the wooden spoon. Dad hits with the
with the carpet beater." Dad and mom rely on "The German mother and her first child". This
guide by Nazi parenting icon Johanna Haarer, first published in 1934, fatally remained a bestseller until the
a bestseller until the 1980s and shaped the childhood of millions of German children.
Marie-Elisabeth Lüdde explains how this played out in practice. She bases her account on two
education diaries that she found in her parents' estate. Dad and mom documented their spanking orgies
documented in writing. In numerous quotations, the author incorporates these scandalous diaries into her own
into her own narrative. In order to trace the roots of the violence, she also outlines her parents'
she also outlines her parents' past history. A panorama of Germany in the 20th century unfolds.
century. A haunting voice of the culture of remembrance.