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The Investigation is Weiss' ruthless documentary drama of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, which he attended. These proceedings, held in 1963-5, are not to be confused with the Nürnberg trials held right after the war. In Frankfurt it was the German government itself that held the war-crimes trial, focussing on the crimes perpetrated at Auschwitz. Using the actual testimony of survivors from Auschwitz, testifying as witnesses against those who exploited them and others, Weiss creates a riveting drama. The drama is based on the trial, but Weiss insists that it should not be staged as a…
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Editions
8 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 1999InvestigationDramatic Pub Co · 9780871293404
- Hardcover · English · 1966The InvestigationAtheneum · 206 pages · 9780714503004
- Paperback · English · 1966The InvestigationMacmillan Pub Co · 9780689102875
- Other · English · 1982The investigationM. Boyars · 206 pages · 9780714503011
- Paperback · French · 2000L'instructionL'Arche · 254 pages · 9782851814708
- Other · German · 2005Suhrkamp · 300 pages · 9783518188651
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)DramaHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)German dramaFictionDie Ermittlung (Weiss)OratoriosLibrettos
