After returning from exile, he began his work in Braunschweig until 1956. In a sensational trial, he achieved the rehabilitation of the resistance fighters of July 20, 1944. His work in Frankfurt until 1968 was associated with the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann and the Auschwitz trials. The controversial lawyer encountered a wide range of rejections, and as a Jew, also openly anti-Semitic hostility. He campaigned for the consistent criminal prosecution of Nazi injustice and thus made a significant contribution to the democratization of West German society.

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Fritz Bauer Ultras

Staatstheater Mainz

It is court day in Huisum. Village judge Adam, however, is badly injured. He says he "stumbled over himself" when he got up early in the morning. His official wig is also missing. It was given away for reworking, and caught fire on a candle - or did the cat have kittens in it during the night? While there is at least a grain of truth in Adam's report of the fall - which took place at night rather than early in the morning - as an "Adam's fall", the web of lies that the judge presents to explain his condition is becoming increasingly confusing.

The Broken Jug

Staatstheater Braunschweig

"The beggars beg, the thieves steal, the whores whore. And the shark has teeth, and it wears them on its face..." Brecht's sharp-tongued travesty, in which the beggars and crooks act more bourgeois than good society, seems to have lost a few of its sharp teeth today, so natural has Brecht's critique of capitalism become to us. Here, crime is subject to the ice-cold laws of the market and love has a precisely calculated price. And so greed and profiteering are the determining principles that neither an old male friendship nor a tender romance can withstand. Doesn't that still sound familiar?

The Threepenny Opera

The premiere of "Girl Murderer :: Brunke" by the award-winning theater collective RAUM+ZEIT brings the writer Thomas Brasch (1945-2001) back to life and brings him to Braunschweig for a reading. The Karl Brunke case, a true Braunschweig story, caused a stir at the beginning of the 20th century because Brunke murdered two young women, allegedly at their request. Brasch withdrew in the 1990s and researched the crime like an obsessive. More than 14,000 manuscript pages were collected and are now archived. In 1999, Brasch's publishing house published a volume of just 100 pages.

Saskia Petzold

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 3 - Feb 18, 2025

The Broken Jug · Staatstheater Braunschweig

Jan 5 - Feb 14, 2025

Fritz Bauer Ultras · Staatstheater Braunschweig

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Jan 5 - Feb 14, 2025

Fritz Bauer Ultras · Staatstheater Braunschweig

Jan 3 - Feb 18, 2025

The Broken Jug · Staatstheater Braunschweig

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Mrs. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera by Weill

Staatstheater Braunschweig

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