The Deputy - Revision history

RobSmith at 16:41, October 29, 2025

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Dataclarifier at 23:58, September 9, 2019

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Dataclarifier: expansion - included statement of recent debunking, with addn ref to Television and DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Prod., 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531

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expansion - included statement of recent debunking, with addn ref to Television and DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Prod., 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531

DavidB4-bot: /* References */clean up & uniformity

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References: clean up & uniformity

Dadsnagem2 at 18:18, May 29, 2008

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Dadsnagem2 at 19:45, April 16, 2008

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NathanG: proper link

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RobSmith: wikify

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 Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref><ref>Television and DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Productions, 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the [[KGB]]’s [[disinformation]] department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.
-Agayants took credit for the outline of the play, and claimed that it had voluminous appendices of background documents put together by his experts with help from documents purloined from the Vatican. Agayants also claimed that ''The Deputy'''s producer, [[Erwin Piscator]], was "a devoted [[Communist]] who had a longstanding relationship with [[Moscow]]. In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in [[Berlin]], then sought political asylum in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had "emigrated" to the [[United States]].
+Agayants took credit for the outline of the play, and claimed that it had voluminous appendices of background documents put together by his experts with help from documents purloined from the Vatican. Agayants also claimed that ''The Deputy'''s producer, [[Erwin Piscator]], was "a devoted [[Communist]] who had a longstanding relationship with [[Moscow]]. In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in [[Berlin]], then sought [[political asylum]] in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had "emigrated" to the [[United States]].
 In 1962 Piscator had returned to West Berlin to produce ''The Deputy''. Before writing ''The Deputy'', Hochhuth was working in various inconspicuous capacities for the [[Bertelsmann]] publishing house, and was not known to be a budding writer or playwright.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>
 ==See also==
-[[Calumny]]
+*[[Calumny]]
 == References ==

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 The play was first produced in Eastern Europe almost three years after its premiere at the [[National Theatre in Belgrade]] in Yugoslavia in January 1966 and at the National Theatre in Bratislava in Czechoslovakia on February 12, 1966. The first production in [[East Germany]] took place on February 20, 1966 at Greifswald Theatre.<ref>Hetty Burgers: ''Die "Stellvertreter"-Rezeption in der DDR. Zur Rezeption der einen deutschen Literatur im anderen Deutschland''. In: ''Ideologie und Literatur(wissenschaft)''. Hrsg. von Jos Hoogeveen und Hans Würzner. Amsterdam: Rodopi 1986, p. 189.</ref>
-''The Deputy'' has been produced in more than 80 cities worldwide since.<ref>''Harenberg Schauspielführer. Die ganze Welt des Theaters: 265 Autoren mit mehr als 750 Werken''. Dortmund: Harenberg 1997. P. 486.</ref> In the English-speaking world, the play has since been revived by the Citizens Theatre, [[Glasgow]] in 1986 and at the [[Finborough Theatre]], London, in August 2006.
+''The Deputy'' has been produced in more than 80 cities worldwide since.<ref>''Harenberg Schauspielführer. Die ganze Welt des Theaters: 265 Autoren mit mehr als 750 Werken''. Dortmund: Harenberg 1997. P. 486.</ref> In the English-speaking world, the play has since been revived by the Citizens Theatre, [[Glasgow]] in 1986 and at the Finborough Theatre, London, in August 2006.
 This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966-2006) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].

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 '''''The Deputy''''' was a 1963 play supposedly written by [[Rolf Hochhuth]], a playwright who lacked a high school diploma. The basic idea of the play was that [[Pope Pius XII]] was an anti-semitic, [[Nazi]] collaborator.
-This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966-2006) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].
+The play was first produced in Eastern Europe almost three years after its premiere at the [[National Theatre in Belgrade]] in Yugoslavia in January 1966 and at the National Theatre in Bratislava in Czechoslovakia on February 12, 1966. The first production in [[East Germany]] took place on February 20, 1966 at Greifswald Theatre.<ref>Hetty Burgers: ''Die "Stellvertreter"-Rezeption in der DDR. Zur Rezeption der einen deutschen Literatur im anderen Deutschland''. In: ''Ideologie und Literatur(wissenschaft)''. Hrsg. von Jos Hoogeveen und Hans Würzner. Amsterdam: Rodopi 1986, p. 189.</ref>
-The play was first produced in Eastern Europe almost three years after its premiere at the [[National Theatre in Belgrade]] in Yugoslavia in January 1966 and at the [[Slovak National Theatre|National Theatre in Bratislava]] in Czechoslovakia on February 12, 1966. The first production in [[East Germany]] took place on February 20, 1966 at [[Greifswald]] Theatre.<ref>Hetty Burgers: ''Die "Stellvertreter"-Rezeption in der DDR. Zur Rezeption der einen deutschen Literatur im anderen Deutschland''. In: ''Ideologie und Literatur(wissenschaft)''. Hrsg. von Jos Hoogeveen und Hans Würzner. Amsterdam: Rodopi 1986, p. 189.</ref>
+''The Deputy'' has been produced in more than 80 cities worldwide since.<ref>''Harenberg Schauspielführer. Die ganze Welt des Theaters: 265 Autoren mit mehr als 750 Werken''. Dortmund: Harenberg 1997. P. 486.</ref> In the English-speaking world, the play has since been revived by the Citizens Theatre, [[Glasgow]] in 1986 and at the [[Finborough Theatre]], London, in August 2006.
-''The Deputy'' has been produced in more than 80 cities worldwide since.<ref>''Harenberg Schauspielführer. Die ganze Welt des Theaters: 265 Autoren mit mehr als 750 Werken''. Dortmund: Harenberg 1997. P. 486.</ref> In the English-speaking world, the play has since been revived by the [[Citizens Theatre]], [[Glasgow]] in 1986 and at the [[Finborough Theatre]], London, in August 2006.
+This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966-2006) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].
 Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref><ref>Television and DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Productions, 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the [[KGB]]’s [[disinformation]] department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.

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 '''''The Deputy''''' was a 1963 play supposedly written by [[Rolf Hochhuth]], a playwright who lacked a high school diploma. The basic idea of the play was that [[Pope Pius XII]] was an anti-semitic, [[Nazi]] collaborator.
-This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].
+This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966-2006) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].
 Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref><ref>Television and DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Productions, 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the [[KGB]]’s [[disinformation]] department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.

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 '''''The Deputy''''' was a 1963 play supposedly written by [[Rolf Hochhuth]], a playwright who lacked a high school diploma. The basic idea of the play was that [[Pope Pius XII]] was an anti-semitic, [[Nazi]] collaborator.
-Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the [[KGB]]’s [[disinformation]] department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.
+This notorious play and film ''The Deputy'' (1966) have been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]].
 Agayants took credit for the outline of the play, and claimed that it had voluminous appendices of background documents put together by his experts with help from documents purloined from the Vatican. Agayants also claimed that ''The Deputy'''s producer, [[Erwin Piscator]], was "a devoted [[Communist]] who had a longstanding relationship with [[Moscow]]. In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in [[Berlin]], then sought political asylum in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had "emigrated" to the [[United States]].
 In 1962 Piscator had returned to West Berlin to produce ''The Deputy''. Before writing ''The Deputy'', Hochhuth was working in various inconspicuous capacities for the [[Bertelsmann]] publishing house, and was not known to be a budding writer or playwright.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>
 == References ==

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 Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the [[KGB]]’s [[disinformation]] department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.
-Agayants took credit for the outline of the play, and claimed that it had voluminous appendices of background documents put together by his experts with help from documents purloined from the Vatican. Agayants also claimed that ''The Deputy’s'' producer, [[Erwin Piscator]], was "a devoted [[Communist]] who had a longstanding relationship with [[Moscow]]. In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]], then sought political asylum in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had "emigrated" to the [[United States]].
+Agayants took credit for the outline of the play, and claimed that it had voluminous appendices of background documents put together by his experts with help from documents purloined from the Vatican. Agayants also claimed that ''The Deputy’s'' producer, [[Erwin Piscator]], was "a devoted [[Communist]] who had a longstanding relationship with [[Moscow]]. In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in [[Berlin]], then sought political asylum in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had "emigrated" to the [[United States]].
 In 1962 Piscator had returned to West Berlin to produce ''The Deputy''." Before writing ''The Deputy'', Hochhuth, who did not have a high school diploma (Abitur), was working in various inconspicuous capacities for the [[Bertelsmann]] publishing house, and was not known to be a budding writer or playwright.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>