IMPRINTS is a series of dramatic monologues chronicling a child’s reactions to events in Nazi Germany preceding the Holocaust, and to beginning life as in immigrant in America. 

A child’s perspective is unclouded by external realities and considerations, bringing a palpable authenticity, unique compared to so many historical accounts. 

Prior to the horror of the camps, this was a time seemingly normal for most people, yet the beginnings of the devastation marked those who experienced it. One child's experience demonstrates hardships, but also exhilarations, often overlooked of a whole generation.  

Excerpts from Hilda Reingold’s “Imprints”

A Portrait of Theodore Katz

Saying Goodbye

Why Not?

Hilda Stern Reingold immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1937 when her family recognized the threat that Hitler’s Nazi Party posed to the Jews. Touching on themes of intergenerational identity, resilience, and cultural heritage, Imprints weaves threads of history and personal narrative into a unique picture of 1930's Germany and 1940’s New York.