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The Deputy, a Christian tragedy (German: Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel ), also published in English as The Representative , is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as having failed to take action or speak out against the Holocaust .
14 de may. de 2020 · Why the 1963 play 'The Deputy' was so explosive. Elizabeth Grenier. 05/14/2020. German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, who has died at the age of 89, became famous for his work addressing Pope Pius...
Synopsis. The controversial story is based on Rolf Hochhuth's research into the Vatican activities during World War II. The play's treatment of Pope Pius XII -- the "deputy" of Christ on earth -- and the Church during the Nazi persecution of the Jews made it the object of impassioned praise and violent denunciation.
20 de feb. de 2015 · Ein christliches Trauerspiel” (The Deputy: A Christian Tragedy”) looks critically at the silence of Pope Pius XII in the face of the Holocaust. Although the play is fictional, most of its characters are based on real people, and Hochhuth said that the arguments he made in the drama were based on five years of historical research ...
Rolf Hochhuth (German: [ʁɔlf ˈhoːxˌhuːt] ⓘ; 1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) was a German author and playwright, best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy, which insinuates Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, and he remained a controversial figure both for his plays and other public comments and ...
The play's central fact is undisputed. The wartime Pope did not, in fact, publicly denounce Nazi excesses. The battle is over the interpretation of the fact, over the Pope's motives for...
The Deputy, a Christian tragedy, also published in English as The Representative , is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as having failed to take action or speak out against the Holocaust. It has been translated into more than twenty languages.
