Soldiers
- Dates
- May 1 – May 18, 1968
- Performances
- 21
About
Soldiers: An Obituary for Geneva (Soldaten. Nekrolog auf Genf) is a 1967 play by Rolf Hochhuth which makes unverified claims about an attempt by Winston Churchill to appease Joseph Stalin. It alleges that he was involved in the murder of the Polish Prime Minister, General Władysław Sikorski, in an airplane crash in 1943. German writer Rolf Hochhuth wrote the play on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the First Geneva Convention, alleging that Churchill condoned the murder of Sikorski in order to appease Stalin, and also highlighting Churchill's support for the mass bombing of German cities in 1943. The play was intended to be premiered by Britain's National Theatre Company in 1967, but this was cancelled and the play was produced instead in the West End with John Colicos as Churchill...