Casually demystifying a sinister book: Playing with a bestseller whose content nobody is familiar with. Issue 175 (1st November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Irmer, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Maska. Volume 30:Issue 175/176(2015)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2015-11-01
• Subjects: Performing arts -- Slovenia -- Periodicals; Performing arts -- Periodicals; 792.094973
• DOI: 10.1386/maska.30.175-176.114_5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1318-0509

Abstract

In the framework of Kunstfest Weimar, Rimini Protokoll staged the premiere of Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf, Vols. 1 & 2. Seventy years after the author's death, the book's copyright in Germany has expired, which raises the question of how much of a taboo and how dangerous the book still is. This question is also at the centre of the mentioned performance; it was made in cooperation with people connected to the book through personal stories, which sheds light on the book from other perspectives and at the same time demystifies it.