It premiered on october 19, 1965 on stages in fourteen west and east german cities and at the royal shakespeare company in london. Well, i didnt get a facelift, not even a haircut, but i feel like i have. The top rows are filled by those acused in the frankfurt trial of the atrocities of auschwitz. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. This testimony, concerning auschwitz and the atrocities which were enacted there, has been edited and extracted by peter weiss into a dramatic document that relies solely and completely on the facts for its effectiveness. Peter weiss, german dramatist and novelist whose plays achieved widespread success in both europe and the united states in the 1960s. Oratorium in 11 gesangen suhrkamp basisbibliothek peter weiss, marita meyer isbn. Peter ulrich weiss was a german writer, painter, and artist of adopted swedish nationality.
He was a talented painter and a filmmaker, but it is, of course, his writing that he will be best remembered for. The investigation 1965 is a play by german playwright peter weiss that depicts the frankfurt auschwitz trials of 19631965. Peter weiss assistette a molte sedute del processo di francoforte. He is particularly known for his play maratsade and his novel the aesthetics of resistance. A shattering drama about the holocaust by the author of maratsade. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Weiss peter, listruttoria, canto della banchina antonio. Oratorio in 11 cantos was first performed on october 19, 1965, in 15 simultaneous stage productions and scenic readings in various west and east german theaters. The son of a textile manufacturer who was jewish by origin but christian by conversion, weiss was brought up a lutheran. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Oratorium in 11 gesangen edition suhrkamp weiss, peter.
In 1952 he joined the swedish experimental film studio, where he. The investigation is a dramatic reconstruction of the frankfurt war crimes trials, based on the actual evidence given. Stobern sie jetzt durch unsere auswahl beliebter ebooks aus verschiedenen. My birthday is coming up and to celebrate, this site has had a facelift and been repurposed for more adventure, just like me. The stark stage contains nothing more than rows of wooden chairs and small tables for the judge, defense attorney and prosecuting attorney. This page was last edited on 4 october 2019, at 19. Weiss was an observer at the trials and developed the play partially from the reports of. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The house lights are kept on which, together with seating the attorneys and the judge in the.