As the Gestapo closes in, Nelly Benatar draws upon both her French legal training and the ancient Jewish Moroccan culture of her community. In this episode, Casablanca itself becomes a main character, a colonial crossroads of ethnic and religious friends and foes in French Morocco, a Tower of Babel that defies easy categorization. While the wartime attorney hurries to weave red tape into lifelines for Europe's “undesirables,” World War II's darkening shadow advances across Europe. 

Created and narrated by Matthew Abergel

Vocal talent provided by Joe Alkire, Chantal Baur, and Gil Sebastian

Produced by Mark Johnston ✦ www.constellationaudio.biz