Vlasta Schönová
Vlasta Schönová , also Vlasta Schön ; in Israel as Nava Shan (born September 1, 1919 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ; † August 3, 2001 in Kirjat Chaim near Haifa , Israel ), was a Czech - Israeli actress .
Live and act
Vlasta Schönová started acting at the age of eight. Since 1937 she practiced the acting profession professionally. After the Germans marched into Prague in March 1939 , they were released under pressure from the new rulers. In July 1942 the Jew was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto accompanied by her sister Marie Schönová (1922–1968), who was also acting . There Vlasta Schönová continued her acting work on the mezzanine with plays in Czech and German. Occasionally she was also able to direct plays.
After the liberation in 1945, the Schönová sisters stayed in Prague before Vlasta decided in 1948 to emigrate to the newly founded State of Israel. Since then she has called herself Nava Shan and initially lived in several kibbutzim . Since 1950 she has performed in a number of Israeli theaters, including the Habimah National Theater , the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, and the Municipal Theater of Haifa - the city where she eventually settled. The silent Kattrin played an important role early on in Bert Brecht's mother Courage and her children . Shan's most important theater work was to be the solo program Requiem for Theresienstadt . By the time Nava Shan retired into private life in 1988, she also appeared in a few films - Sinaia (1962) and Parshat Vinchell (1979).
Her memories of the stage work in Theresienstadt appeared in 1987 under the title Lihjot sachkanit be Theresienstadt . In 1991 the artist published her memoir, which appeared in English translation under the title To be an Actress in 2010.
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 310.
Web links
- Navah Shan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Schönová, Věra (Nava Shean). In: Theresienstadt Lexicon.
annotation
- ↑ Other transcriptions from Hebrew that appear in Western languages are Naava Shan, Navah Shan, Naveh Sha'an, Nava Shean and Nava She'an
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönová, Vlasta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fine, Vlasta; Shan, Naava; Shan, Navah; Sha'an, Naveh; Shean, Nava; She'an, Nava |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-Israeli actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2001 |
| Place of death | Kirjat Chaim , Israel |