 Rolf Hochhuth

Rolf Hochhuth (; 1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) 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 Holocaust denier David Irving.Hochhuth was born in Eschwege, and was descended from a Protestant Hessian middle class family.