2018. The Jewish girls Steffi and Nelli Steiner are sent alone to Sweden by their parents and saved from the war in Europe. They end up on an island in the Gothenburg archipelago and their destiny goes like a red thread in the Gestaltensemblen's scenic concert Café Terezin. The music in the performance is composed by composers who sat in the Theresienstadt concentration camp under constant threat of death.  Theresienstadt, or Terezin as it is called in Czech, in the present Czech Republic was used during the Second World War as a concentration camp by the Nazis. Some of the prisoners were artists, composers and writers. In anticipation of deportation to extermination camps like Auschwitz, they were able to devote themselves relatively undisturbed to their creation. Jazz concerts, theater performances and lectures were held here daily. Much music was composed inside the camp walls. The Nazis used this cultural life for display purposes, for example when the Red Cross came to inspect.   The concept Café Terezin is about life in the camp and living as a refugee in a foreign country. The novel character Steffi is taken from Annika Thor's books about an island in the sea based on real events. In the show we have to follow the exchange of letters between Steffi and her parents who remain in the war of Europe.  Another thread in the show is Alfred Kantor's pictures and diary notes. Kantor came to Theresienstadt in 1941 as an eighteen-year-old and was taken to Auschwitz in 1943 where he at the last moment escaped the gas chamber. In the summer of 1945 he wrote and recorded his memories of the war, Alfred Kantor's book, which was first published in 1971.  The music performed is written by composers who sat as prisoners in the camp, among them Pavel Haas, Hans Krása, Erwin Schulhoff, Karel Berman and Viktor Ullmann.  Kristina Hedberg Karlberg is responsible for directing and compilation in collaboration with the Gestalt ensemble.  The performance is performed with support from Living History.