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'''Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator''' (December 17, 1893] – March 30, 1966) was a German [[Communist]] theater director and producer.<ref>"Piscator, Erwin." Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge, volume 15, copyright 1991. Grolier Inc.</ref><ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>

'''Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator''' (December 17, 1893] – March 30, 1966) was a German [[Communist]] theater director and producer.<ref>"Piscator, Erwin." Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge, volume 15, copyright 1991. Grolier Inc.</ref><ref name="natreview">[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>

In 1928 he produced an adaptation of the [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[novel]] ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]''. He was described by former Romanian Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa as being, "a  devoted Communist who had a longstanding relationship with Moscow."<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref> He had founded the Proletarian Theater in Berlin in 1929.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>

In 1928 he produced an adaptation of the [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[novel]] ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]''. He was described by former Romanian Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa as being, "a  devoted Communist who had a longstanding relationship with Moscow."<ref name="natreview" /> He had founded the Proletarian Theater in Berlin in 1929.<ref name="natreview" />

According to Pacepa when Hitler came to power he sought political asylum in the Soviet Union.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref> In 1937, he married dancer Maria Ley in Paris. [[Bertolt Brecht]] attended their wedding.  

According to Pacepa when Hitler came to power he sought political asylum in the Soviet Union.<ref name="natreview" /> In 1937, he married dancer Maria Ley in Paris. [[Bertolt Brecht]] attended their wedding.  

Piscator and Ley went to the [[United States]] in [[1939]]. He became director of the [[Dramatic Workshop]], which he founded at the [[New School University|New School for Social Research]] in [[New York City]] (1940). Among Piscator's students at the Dramatic Workshop were [[Marlon Brando]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Judith Malina]], [[Walter Matthau]], [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Tennessee Williams]].  

Piscator and Ley went to the [[United States]] in [[1939]]. He became director of the [[Dramatic Workshop]], which he founded at the [[New School University|New School for Social Research]] in [[New York City]] (1940). Among Piscator's students at the Dramatic Workshop were [[Marlon Brando]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Judith Malina]], [[Walter Matthau]], [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Tennessee Williams]].  

Until her death in 1999, Ley lived in New York while Piscator had to return to West Germany in [[1951]]. Piscator was appointed manager and director of the Freie Volksbühne in West-Berlin in 1962. He produced the [[K.G.B.]] backed play [[The Deputy]] by [[Rolf Hochhuth]] which was part of the [[Soviet]] plan to defame and smear [[Pope Pius XII]] as a Nazi collaborator.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI= ''[[National Review]]'' Online, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican:The KGB made corrupting the Church a priority," Ion Mihai Pacepa, January 25, 2007]</ref>

Until her death in 1999, Ley lived in New York while Piscator had to return to West Germany in [[1951]]. Piscator was appointed manager and director of the Freie Volksbühne in West-Berlin in 1962. He produced the [[K.G.B.]] backed play [[The Deputy]] by [[Rolf Hochhuth]] which was part of the [[Soviet]] plan to defame and smear [[Pope Pius XII]] as a Nazi collaborator.<ref name="natreview" />

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