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Rolf Hochhuth

Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (died 2020)

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Born
April 1, 1931
Died
May 13, 2020
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1931

About Rolf Hochhuth

Rolf Hochhuth was a German author and playwright, best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy, which insinuates Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, and he remained a controversial figure both for his plays and other public comments and for his 2005 defense of British Holocaust denier David Irving. Unbeknownst to Hochhuth, the pilot of the B-24, Eduard Prchal, was still alive and won a libel case against Hochhuth that seriously affected the London theater which staged the play. For A Love in Germany, Hochhuth was awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis in 1980.

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The world when Rolf Hochhuth was born

Rolf Hochhuth was born in 1931. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1931

  • #1 song"Stardust" – Artie Shaw
  • Top movieFrankenstein
  • Best-selling bookThe Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentKnute Rockne dies in plane crash
  • Top headlineAl Capone convicted of tax evasion
  • Technology milestoneEmpire State Building completed
  • Defining fadJigsaw puzzles
  • Notable inventionElectric razor
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population124.0M

1931 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rolf Hochhuth's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19312026
Gas$0.17$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population124.0M341 million

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