Kerstin Steitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6809607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerstin Steitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerstin |
| FAMILY NAME | Steitz |
| SIGNATURE | STEITZ K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Old Dominion University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Legal and Epic Alienation. Fritz Bauer’s Critique of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial (1963-1965) and Peter Weiss’s Dramatic Treatment of the Trial in the Investigation. Oratorio in 11 Cantos (1965)
Beginning with the influences of Schiller’s humanist ideals on Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer’s expectations of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial as a legal working through of the past, this article compares the Holocaust narrative created by the West German criminal trial to Peter Weiss’s reworking of the transcripts, The Investigation. Oratorio in 11 Cantos. The article aims to show that literature is able to convey and commemorate aspects of…
Holocaust memory on trial
Roland Suso Richter's 1999 courtroom thriller Nichts als die Wahrheit (After the Truth) alerts viewers to the power of film to manipulate its audience with implicit references to Wolfgang Liebeneiner's NS propaganda film Ich klage an (I accuse, 1941). In both courtroom dramas the accused defend their crimes as acts of euthanasia. Ich klage an sought to reach acceptance for the Nazi law on euthanasia. Nichts als die Wahrheit is a fictional trial i…
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Holocaust memory on trial
Roland Suso Richter's 1999 courtroom thriller Nichts als die Wahrheit (After the Truth) alerts viewers to the power of film to manipulate its audience with implicit references to Wolfgang Liebeneiner's NS propaganda film Ich klage an (I accuse, 1941). In both courtroom dramas the accused defend their crimes as acts of euthanasia. Ich klage an sought to reach acceptance for the Nazi law on euthanasia. Nichts als die Wahrheit is a fictional trial i…
Legal and Epic Alienation. Fritz Bauer’s Critique of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial (1963-1965) and Peter Weiss’s Dramatic Treatment of the Trial in the Investigation. Oratorio in 11 Cantos (1965)
Beginning with the influences of Schiller’s humanist ideals on Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer’s expectations of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial as a legal working through of the past, this article compares the Holocaust narrative created by the West German criminal trial to Peter Weiss’s reworking of the transcripts, The Investigation. Oratorio in 11 Cantos. The article aims to show that literature is able to convey and commemorate aspects of…
Art (2 works) · German History and Society (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Alienation (1 work) · Appeal (1 work)