Bertolt Brecht's parable play "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" serves as a critique of the Nazi rise to power, depicting Adolf Hitler through the lens of gangster culture, and is currently being performed at the Munich Volkstheater.
Bertolt Brecht’s play, "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," written in 1941, uses the context of gang wars in the United States to comment on the rise of the Nazis in Germany. By presenting Adolf Hitler as the character Arturo Ui, who navigates the criminal underworld of a Chicago-like metropolis, Brecht draws parallels between the tactics of gangsterism and fascist ascendance. The play's setting and plot underscore the serious consequences of allowing such movements to proliferate unchecked, even as they are couched in entertainment.
