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VICTIM
May 1949, Genoa, Italy, the port waiting room.
He is leaving Europe, maybe forever. He wants to get to
America, he wants to forget …
Inspired
by the talks with several living eyewitnesses, former prisoners in
the concentration camp Auschwitz.
The Victim is an attempt to understand something that is
beyond all understanding. It does not pass judgement, it
only presents the facts that speak for themselves. It
deals with the subject of medical as well as human
ethics in a boundary situation. It tells about the
genesis of the intoxication by power, about human
courage as well as cowardice, it asks about the meaning
and absurdity of human suffering. It tries to uncover
the devilish technique of gradual creeping evil which
develops on human indifference and refusal to take
personal responsibility.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors want to thank Ms Erika Bezdíčková, Ms Marta
Kottová and Mr Adolf Burger for their personal testimony
and precious consultations during the preparation of the
performance..
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