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Children's Theatre tells Nazi tales to preteen, teen crowd

What do you get if you tell middle schoolers about the Holocaust, an event that happened long before their parents were born? Shock. Horror. Disbelief that any government democratically elected to power could exterminate 11 million people living under its control.

What do you get if you don't tell middle schoolers about the Holocaust? Maybe, someday, another one. As philosopher George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

That's why Children's Theatre of Charlotte will do "And Then They Came for Me" this month at ImaginOn, targeting audiences 10 and older....

Read entire article at Charlotte Observer