Race

Bruckner's <em>Race</em> dramatizes the effects of the rise of Nazism and its anti-Jewish laws on a group of medical students in Germany in the early years of Hitler’s reign. <em>Race</em> dramatizes the love affair between Christian medical student Peter Karlanner and his Jewish girlfriend Helene Marx, a relationship clearly threatened by the Nazis’ racial laws.
Format:Full-length drama

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Nationality of Author:German
Tags: religion, love, students

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