Sonja Barend distances herself from the theatre adaptation of her autobiographical book

Barend's book refers to the last words her Jewish father addressed to her mother in 1942 when he was arrested. A year later he was murdered in Auschwitz. According to her publisher, the performance is too much about her television career, which is not what her book is about.

Sonja Barend distances herself from the theatre production Sonja. The play is produced by Toneelgroep Maastricht and Senf Theaterpartners and is based on her book You will never see me again, in which Barend describes the fate of her father during the Second World War.

Sonja Barend distances herself from the theatre production Sonja. The play is produced by Toneelgroep Maastricht and Senf Theaterpartners and is based on her book You will never see me again, in which Barend describes the fate of her father during the Second World War. "Sonja Barend and publisher De Bezige Bij cannot agree with the way in which the content of the book is presented in the scenario of the theatre production", according to the publ…