PASSION PLAY MEN
SERVING IN NAZI ARMY LONDON, January 13. The man who played John the Baptist in the Oberammergau Passion Play is now fighting in the Siegfried Line.
The war has changed the life of the quiet Bavarian village famous all over the world for its play. The men who were growing their hair for the performance of the play which was to have been given this year which had to cut off their hair and go to serve in Hitler’s army. Many of the younger players served in Poland. Only one man keeps his long hair. He is Alois Lang, who plays the part of Christ. In the 1914-18 war he served in an Alpine Division. So far he is too old to be called up yet. In the Franco-Prussian war Ludwig 11, forbade the man who played the part of Christ to join the army. It is doubtful if Hitler will do the same thing this time.
This year’s performance of the play has been cancelled by order of the Nazis, who announced that the next performance will be “in the year after the ivar.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 February 1940, Page 2
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