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What really happened in Rechnitz, Burgenland, on the night of Palm Sunday 1945? Was the killing of people offered as the highlight of a lavish party at a hunting lodge? As particularly repugnant entertainment before the arrival of the Russian troops?

One thing is certain: 180 Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers were shot. One thing is certain: The murderers were guests at an NS party hosted by entrepreneur's daughter Margit von Batthyány. And it is also certain: No one was ever held accountable, the bodies were never found – a wall of silence was erected around the atrocities, investigations were thwarted, witnesses were murdered.

Elfriede Jelinek does not seek historical truths with RECHNITZ (DER WÜRGEENGEL). Her text is a challenge to collective memory and moral responsibility, characterized by her distinctive linguistic intensity and critical sharpness. As a bizarre tableau of manners, Rechnitz questions the mechanisms of power and the complicity of society.

Featuring Vivienne Causemann / Rebecca Hammermüller / Nurettin Kalfa / David Kopp / Anna Rot
Directed by: Bérénice Hebenstreit / Set and Costume: Mira König / Dramaturgy: Jennifer Weiss / Music Dramaturgy: Michael Isenberg

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