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The Deputy [Der Stellvertreter]
Author(s): Rolf Hochhuth
A German officer, stationed in a death camp, comes to Rome to try to convince Pope Pius XII to speak out and act against the destruction of European Jewry. He is aided in his quest by a young priest. The play presents scenes of Jews in hiding in monastaries, as well the hunting down of Jews by the Nazis in Rome. Pope Pius XII is finally presented and refuses to intervene. The priest who has sided with the German joins the Jews being shipped to the death camps. Hochhuth argued that his drama was based on historical documents.
Format:Docudrama
Snapshot
Nationality of Author:German
Experience(s) Chronicled:Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Concentration and Extermination Camps | Hiding | Resistance
Tags: priest, Pope
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