- Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1963-1965, Drama, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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.
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Grave, bleak, prestige and plot-driven.
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- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Peter Weiss
- First published
- 1965
- Pages
- 226
- Publisher
- Suhrkamp Verlag, Pocket Books, Dramatic Pub Co
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- French, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780714503004
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