Behind The Façade is a performance that tells the stories of the people who stayed at Camp Westerbork during World War II. From 1942 to 1945, the transit camp on the Drentse heath was the departure point for more than 107,000 Jews, Sinti and Roma who were deported from here to death camps in the East. Only 5,000 were able to recount this.

Camp Westerbork was special because of the ‘make-believe reality’ that was created there; although the camp’s residents appeared to be able to continue a normal life in some respects, life there was also marked by fear and the uncertainty of the approaching transport. Amid this smoke screen, music sounded. Behind The Façade reflects on this duality and revives some of the stories of Westerbork. 
 
Following the previous Theatre after Dam performances, It’s Our Boys and Free and Fixed, this year Garage TDI’s pre-training department is working with a larger group of young actors and in collaboration with the Noord Nederlands Orkest (NNO) as part of Theatre of Remembrance. The performance is the result of an intensive research process, during which the makers carefully studied the stories of the camp residents together with the players. This collaboration between young theatre makers and professional musicians brings some of the stories of the victims and the events in the camp to life on the historic site itself.

Date and time of the performance to be announced in December.