`Esther': A voice from beyond Nazi death camp.(Metropolitan Times)(Features)(Theater) From: The Washington Times | Date: February 3, 1998| Author: Pressley, Nelson | COPYRIGHT 1998 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Dear Esther" takes us back to Sobibor, Poland, a Nazi death camp that was responsible for the murder of 250,000 Jews. Esther Terner Rabb claims the figure should be higher: In Richard Rashke's drama, we hear Esther recall the Nazis celebrating their millionth murdered Jew at Sobibor.

Mrs. Rabb's voice has authority. She was taken to Sobibor after her father was murdered and her distraught mother turned herself in to the Nazis and asked to be executed. At Sobibor, E...

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