It premiered on october 19, 1965 on stages in fourteen west and east german cities and at the royal shakespeare company in london. Editions of the investigation by peter weiss goodreads. Weiss was an observer at the trials and developed the play partially from the reports of. Oratorium in 11 gesangen ist ein theaterstuck des dramatikers peter weiss. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Oratorio in 11 cantos was first performed on october 19, 1965, in 15 simultaneous stage productions and scenic readings in various west and east. 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. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit. Oratorium in 11 gesangen edition suhrkamp weiss, peter, jens, walter, schumacher, ernst isbn. Auschwitz concentration camp, auschwitz trial, frankfurt am main, germany, 19631965, drama, holocaust, jewish 19391945 fast ocolcfst00958866, holocaust, jewish 19391945, auschwitz trial frankfurt am main, germany. 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 investigation 1965 is a play by german playwright peter weiss that depicts the frankfurt. Oratorium in 11 gesangen by weiss, peter, 19161982. He is particularly known for his plays maratsade and the investigation and his novel the aesthetics of resistance peter weiss earned his reputation in the postwar german literary world as the proponent of an avantgarde, meticulously.
The investigation 1965 is a play by german playwright peter weiss that depicts the frankfurt auschwitz trials of 19631965. Mit einer dvd des fernsehspiels paperback published april 16th 2008 by suhrkamp paperback, 232 pages. Oratorium in 11 gesangen e unopera teatrale del drammaturgo tedesco peter weiss che descrive i processi di francoforte del 19631965, dei quali lautore fu osservatore. Publication date 1976 publisher reinbek bei hamburg. Repelled and attracted by images of sickness, flagellation, torture, and death, and darkly obsessed by the awareness of his own past failure to combat inhumanity, weiss has tried harder than any of his contemporaries to fight the introspective middleclass bohemian in himself by concentrating his energies on social aims independent of his. Oratorium in 11 gesangen suhrkamp basisbibliothek weiss, peter, meyer, marita isbn. The investigation is a documentary drama recreating the frankfurt trials of the men who carried out mass murders at auschwitz. Oratorium in 11 gesangen by weiss, peter, 1916publication date 1965 publisher.
These proceedings, held in 19635, are not to be confused with the nurnberg trials held right after the war. In frankfurt it was the german government itself that held the warcrimes trial, focussing on the crimes perpetrated at auschwitz. Weiss carefully and with great skill edits the voluminous court records into a manageable dramatic size, arranging the material as an oratorio in 11 cantos. He is particularly known for his plays maratsade and the investigation and his novel the aesthetics of resistance. Peter weiss earned his reputation in the postwar german literary world. The investigation is weiss ruthless documentary drama of the frankfurt auschwitz trials, which he attended. Seine vater war ein ungarischer textilfabrikant judischer herkunft.
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