The Mischlinge Exposé
The Mischlinge Exposé is the first multi-media production conceived, created and directed by Carolyn Enger and weaves a tapestry around this little known aspect of the Holocaust. Using source materials of her godmother’s testimony from the Shoah Foundation and her father’s family documents and testimony, both labeled Mischling, Grade A by the Nazis, combined with the music of composers from the salon period who converted to Christianity in the decades before the war and works reacting to questions of identity following the war; The Mischlinge Exposé vividly illustrates what it was like to be between worlds in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. Through the telling of her family story, Ms. Enger’s concert and live documentary directly addresses universally significant issues of generational trauma, identity and inclusion; encouraging empathy, tolerance, and engagement.