The Private Life of the Master Race (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bertolt Brecht
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Epic theater
- Time of Work: 1933-1938
- Setting: Germany
- Principal Characters: Various Citizens of the Third Reich
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Twentieth century, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, Nazism or Nazis, Germany or German people, Fascism, Berlin
- Locales: Germany
The Story:
During the first years of the Nazi regime, techniques for suppressing opposition were rapidly perfected. One object of suppression was any radio capable of receiving broadcasts from Russia. The Nazis relied on the German distrust of communism to aid in harsh enforcement of the law. Soon neighbors were betraying neighbors. Sets were confiscated and the owners beaten.
In Berlin, in 1933, a storm trooper came to visit his sweetheart, who was a maid in a wealthy home. While she was feeding him in the kitchen, the cook’s brother came in with a tube to repair the...
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