“My Verses Are Like Dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Underwater Cabaret
A Curator Tour for FRIENDS OF THE JMB
Curt Bloch fled Germany for the Netherlands in 1933. While hiding in Enschede and Borne from August 1943 to April 1945, a period of more than 19 months, he created a unique work of creative resistance: “Het Onderwater Cabaret.”
Past event
Where
Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the foyer
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
The work is now being presented to the public for the first time: An exhibition in the Eric F. Ross Gallery of the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB) is showing all 95 original editions of the collection of booklets, as well as other writings penned while in hiding. We dive into Bloch’s work in this curator tour featuring the JMB’s archive director Aubrey Pomerance and co-curator Ulrike Kuschel.
Exhibition “My Verses are Like Dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret: Features & Programs
Exhibition Webpage
“My Verses are Like Dynamite” Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret: 9 Feb to 23 Jun 2024
Publications
JMB Journal 26: Het Onderwater Cabaret: Special edition on the occasion of the exhibition
See also
Digital Content
- OWC Online Feature: A Glimpse Behind the Scenes of the Exhibition
- Life and Work of Curt Bloch: Essay with biographical insights, JMB Journal 26
- Hidden in Enschede: Conversation with Contemporary Witness Herbert Zwartz: – Video recording, 16 April 2024, Jewish Museum Berlin, in German
- On the Piano of My Fantasy – Video with Marina Frenk, Richard Gonlag, and Mathias Schäfer, in German, Dutch and German Sign Language
- “It’s Complicated”: A text by Simone Bloch, daughter of Curt Bloch
- “Ik neurie mee ’t propellerlied…”: Essay on Het Onderwater-Cabaret: A Testament to Political Resistance in the Occupied Netherlands, 1943–45
- Clandestine Literature in the Netherlands 1940–1945: Essay, JMB Journal 26
- All Audio Pieces of the Exhibition with Transcriptions and Translations
- All issues of Het Onderwarter-Cabaret: All 95 issues to browse
