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- catalog abstract ""Fritz Hochwalder's Holocaust: Court for the Dead features a clandestine court, inquiring into the guilt or innocence of Jewish leaders involuntarily enmeshed in the deportation of fellow Jews to the death factories of the Third Reich. It is perhaps the drama closest to Hochwalder's central concern as an author, the ethical conduct of human beings. The play is based on historical events in Budapest in 1944-45 in which the SS offered to barter the lives of a million Jews for the delivery of 10,000 trucks. Selective use of background facts along with the construction of a dramatically effective plot put Hochwalder's drama into the "must read" category. It is the only play about the Holocaust in which Jews do not fight the oppressor but hold court for one of their own, who in spite of good intentions may have gone too far."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Holokaust. English".
- catalog contributor b13260035.
- catalog contributor b13260036.
- catalog contributor b13260037.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Fritz Hochwalder's Holocaust: Court for the Dead features a clandestine court, inquiring into the guilt or innocence of Jewish leaders involuntarily enmeshed in the deportation of fellow Jews to the death factories of the Third Reich. It is perhaps the drama closest to Hochwalder's central concern as an author, the ethical conduct of human beings.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "It is the only play about the Holocaust in which Jews do not fight the oppressor but hold court for one of their own, who in spite of good intentions may have gone too far."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "The play is based on historical events in Budapest in 1944-45 in which the SS offered to barter the lives of a million Jews for the delivery of 10,000 trucks. Selective use of background facts along with the construction of a dramatically effective plot put Hochwalder's drama into the "must read" category.".
- catalog extent "ii, 118 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Holocaust.".
- catalog identifier "1572411201".
- catalog isFormatOf "Holocaust.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press,".
- catalog relation "Holocaust.".
- catalog subject "832/.914 21".
- catalog subject "PT2617.O182 H6313 2003".
- catalog title "Holocaust : a court for the dead : a play in three acts / Fritz Hochwälder ; translated by U. Henry Gerlach and Ruth W. Gerlach.".
- catalog title "Holokaust. English".
- catalog type "text".