Great fear and misery of the Third Reich: the poignant political play by Bertolt Brecht

Great fear and misery of the Third Reich, cult work of Bertolt Bretch, arrives at the theater in Paris, in a production by Julie Duclos. On display at the Théâtre National de l'Odéon from January 11 to February 7, 2025, the play plunges us, through twenty poignant scenes, into Germany in the 1930s, in the midst of the rise of fascism.

Great fear and misery of the Third Reich is a major theatrical work of Bertolt Brechtwritten in 1938. Composed of a series of independent scenes, it depicts daily life under the Nazi regime, highlighting the pervasive fear, propaganda and systematic repression.

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Through around twenty paintings, Brecht explores different aspects of German society under the Third Reich : terror in families, distrust between neighbors, oppression of workers and corruption of judges. Every scene of Great fear and misery of the Third Reich illustrates how the totalitarian regime infiltrates and destroys social bonds, sowing fear and isolation.

The room of Bretch belongs to the register of epic theater, aiming to provoke critical reflection in the spectator rather than simple emotional immersion. Written in 1938, Great fear and misery of the Third Reich sought to denounce the mechanisms of Nazi power while awakening the political consciousness of its audience. The work will very quickly be censored in Germany, but will still be performed for the first time in Paris, the same year of its publication.