Rolf Hochhuth
German writer (1931-2020) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Rolf Hochhuth was a German author and playwright, best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy, which insinuates Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, and he remained a controversial figure both for his plays and other public comments and for his 2005 defense of British Holocaust denier David Irving.
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Rolf Hochhuth, 2009
Rolf Hochhuth (right) at the awards ceremony of the Berliner Kunstpreis 1963 (from left to right: Klaus Kammer, Fritz Kortner, Rolf Hochhuth)
Hans Filbinger (centre) had to resign in 1978 as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg after it became public via Hochhuth's novel A Love in Germany that he was responsible for death sentences as a Navy judge at the end of World War II
Rolf Hochhuth after a reading of his book McKinsey is Coming in Duisburg, 2005.
Rolf Hochhuth with British Holocaust denier David Irving in 1966.
