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Over 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin, and only about a hundred were still alive when Terezin was liberated at the end of the war. One of the survivors, Raja, having lived through it all-teaching
the children when there was nothing to teach with, helping to give them hope
when there was little enough reason for hope, creating a little world of laughter,
of flowers and butterflies behind the barbed wire-tells the true story of the
children. It's her play and it's theirs. There were no butterflies at Terezin, of
course, but for the children butterflies became a symbol of defiance-making it possible for them to live on and play happily while waiting to be transported to Aushwitz. “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” was written and inspired by the
book of the same name- a real book of a collection of poems and illustrations, all written and drawn by the children while they lived at Terezin…
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