In Quest of Conscience

Author(s): Robert MacDonald
Based on the interviews by Gitta Sereny of Franz Stangl, the SS leader of the Nazi's euthanasia program that targeted the mentally and physically disabled and then the commandant of the Sobibor and Treblinka extermination centers. Strangl was hunted down by Simon Wiesenthal in Brazil and brought to Germany to stand trial for the murder of 900,000 victims. The play explores Strangl's childhood, his desire to be a fabric weaver, and his transformation into a key overseer of genocide.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:1M/1F

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
1994 Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow
Original Source Material: Book Into That Darkness by Gitta Sereny
Nationality of Author: Scottish
Original Language: English
Publisher:

Oberon Books, London

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