The Investigation

Having never studied the Holocaust before, I purchased this play as part of my university course. I was surprised, shocked, and enlightened by it. Weiss gets this just right. Weiss' directness renders 'The Investigation' chilling and powerful. The cantos are emotionless, but somehow resonant and deeply affecting. Weiss deals with the various accounts splendidly; using nameless numbers to outline the facts, which makes it all the more difficult to read. It is not written in a way that is false, or over-dramatised, which might be expected from a play.The play raises a plethora of questions about the Holocaust, such as who is to be held to account and how an event of this gravity came to pass (the mass extermination of human beings) in a 'civilised', modern, 20th Century world. It is a piece of literature which makes the seemingly incomprehensible, comprehensible.

Great read!

profound work

Excellent