Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss · Arts & Literature
German playwright ('Marat/Sade', 'The Investigation')
1916, Nowawes (Potsdam), Germany — 1982, Stockholm, Sweden
Germany · Sweden
Peter Weiss is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — German playwright ('Marat/Sade', 'The Investigation')
Peter Weiss was a German-language playwright, novelist and painter whose documentary dramas 'Marat/Sade' and 'The Investigation' (on the Auschwitz trials) became landmarks of postwar political theatre. Born to a father of Jewish origin, he and his family fled Nazi Germany because of that Jewish ancestry and he lived in exile in Sweden. His Jewish background is documented.
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German playwright ('Marat/Sade', 'The Investigation')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
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