The Kulturhaus Helferei is located in the middle of Zurich's old town - in the very house where Ulrich Zwingli lived. Here there is an extensive cultural programme with theatre, performances, literature, cinema and music. The house is strongly ...
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Let's Doc! HIRSCHFELD – THE UNKNOWN FAMOUS ONE
Film screening followed by a discussion with director Stina Werenfels
Kurt Hirschfeld: Having fled the Nazis as a Jewish communist, he left his mark on the Zurich Schauspielhaus and, as its dramaturg, turned it into a centre of anti-fascist resistance. A film about a figure of resistance in the theatre.
The reputation of the Schauspielhaus Zürich is built on playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht and actresses such as Therese Giese, who turned it into a centre of cultural resistance against fascism during the Nazi era. After the war, it was Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt whose plays were celebrated internationally. Yet the architect of all these successes, the German-Jewish director and dramaturg Kurt Hirschfeld, was consigned to oblivion.
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Monday, November 02, 2026
19:30 - 21:00 o'clock
CHF 12.00 | 08.00
Kulturhaus Helferei
Kirchgasse 13
8001 Zürich
+41 (0)44 250 66 00
betrieb@kulturhaus-helferei.ch
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An Sonn- und Feiertagen ist das Kulturhaus geschlossen.
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