Rolf Hochhuth

Rolf Hochhuth, 2009

Rolf Hochhuth (1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) was a German writer and playwright. He was best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy. His works were controversial as they talked about unpopular opinions of the Holocaust. He also defended Holocaust denier David Irving. Hochhuth was born in Eschwege, Germany.

Hochhuth died on 13 May 2020 in Berlin, aged 89.^[1]

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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.