The Investigation: Oratorio in Eleven Cantos

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Raw and unflinching portrayal of Auschwitz atrocities.

The Investigation could be a good read for those interested in a factual and emotional recounting of the war crimes that occurred in Auschwitz. The author, Peter Weiss, offers no artistic license, providing readers with an unfiltered and realistic perspective. Readers will be drawn into the powerful testimonies of those who survived and are searching for truth and justice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Investigation: Oratorio in Eleven Cantos

Regular price $9.90
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ISBN: 9780714503011
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $25.95
Date of Publication: 2000-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Personal Development, Politics
Related Topics: World War II, Social Justice, History, War
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The Investigation is a dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, based on the actual evidence given. This testimony, concerning Auschwitz and the atrocities which were enacted there, has been edited and extracted by Peter Weiss into a dramatic document that relies solely and completely on the facts for its effectiveness.There is no artistic license, no manipulation of facts and figures, no rearrangement of events for theatrical effect. Nameless witnesses stand and recall their appalling memories of Auschwitz, allowing us to bear witness to their painful and painstaking search for truth and, ultimately, justice. What emerges is a chastening and purging documentary of deeply moving power.Peter Weiss was born in 1916 and settled in Sweden before the outbreak of World War II. Apart from his writing, he was also well known as a painter, theatrical and operatic director, and a film maker. His magnificent play Marat/Sade , which is also available from Marion Boyars Publishers, established his reputation among English-speakling audiences as a revolutionary dramatist, and has continued to be a bestselling classic. He died in 1982.
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Raw and unflinching portrayal of Auschwitz atrocities.

The Investigation could be a good read for those interested in a factual and emotional recounting of the war crimes that occurred in Auschwitz. The author, Peter Weiss, offers no artistic license, providing readers with an unfiltered and realistic perspective. Readers will be drawn into the powerful testimonies of those who survived and are searching for truth and justice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.