In the play, Bernard Da Costa has Eva Braun bring a watchmaker from the camp to the bunker, accompanied by a young soldier, and orders him to repair her watches immediately, regardless of his hunger, thirst and fatigue.
Eva Braun, an unlovable historical figure, but surrounded by a mystery that fascinates and repels to this day: How could such a seemingly natural, cheerful and fun-loving young woman accept being the mistress of the worst dictator the world has ever known for so many years? What prompted her to follow him into the bunker and to her death as the armies laid siege to Berlin and the Third Reich collapsed?
Based on historical facts, Bernard Da Costa attempts to provide an answer in his play. It is documented that Eva Braun was a passionate watch collector and it has proven to be a historical fact that, if necessary, she never hesitated to call on the expert help of prisoners from the concentration camps when it came to her watches, who were able to repair them at a time when craftsmen had been sent to the front or were working in the armaments industry.
But above all, this play is there to ask the viewer: "What makes it possible to accept the unacceptable and forget human values in order to sink into the dark side of our behavior?"
A question that brings us back to the importance of the "duty to remember" in our time.
Performances April 3, 11, 12, 19 and 20, 2024 at the Kleines Theater Salzburg
