The DeputyUpon its premiere, The Deputy stirred up more controversy and caused greater repercussions than any other postwar work. 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. It is a powerful, shocking work that casts a penetrating eye on the role that supposed moral leaders must play in times of great humanitarian crises. |
Contents
Scene Two | 28 |
Scene Three | 64 |
Act Two The Bells of St Peters 91 16 | 91 |
Act Three The Visitation | 125 |
Scene Two | 140 |
Scene Three | 165 |
Act Four Il Gran Rifiuto | 193 |
Act Five Auschwitz or Where Are You God? | 222 |
Scene Three | 256 |
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Common terms and phrases
ABBOT Allies already Ambassador arrest Auschwitz BARON RUTTA believe Belzec Berlin bishop camp CARDINAL CARLOTTA Catholic Christian Church Commandant Concordat Count course dear death DOCTOR door downstage EICHMANN Eminence Europe extermination Father FONTANA Friedrich Heer Führer gassed German Gestapo girl give Goebbels goes hand heard Heil Heil Hitler HELGA Herr Fritsche Herr Gerstein Herr Hitler Himmler HIRT Holiness honor Italian JACOBSON Jewish Jews JULIA KAPO killed Krupp Kurt Gerstein laughs LIEUTENANT RUTTA LITTKE look LOTHAR LUCCANI monastery Monsignore murderers Nazi never night Nuncio officer once Osservatore Romano Pacelli Papal Pius XII Poland Pope priest prisoners protest Reich RICCARDO Rome Russian SALZER SECOND MILITIAMAN SERVANT SIGNORA SIMONETTA silent smiling speak Stalin stand Sturmführer Swiss Guard talk tell Thank things turns Vatican victims Weizsäcker What's WITZEL word