Peretz Markish’s Plays about the WWII
Journal: Judaic-Slavic Journal
Year: 2023

In 1941–1947, Peretz Markish wrote six plays about the WWII and the Holocaust. They all were written for the Moscow State Jewish Theater, but eventually only three of them were staged. Markish’s main focus is the problem of the evil, he tries to find an appropriate way to show the Nazis on stage. In his plays, Markish employs three strategies: first, to draw attention to the Nazis’ savagery, to represent them as strong and frightening enemies, at the same time endowing them with minor sins; seco