Arthur Miller's "Incident at Vichy", 1964 and "Playing for Time", 1985 based on the memoir by Fania Fénelon, whose book recounts her survival in the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz concentration camp, ..

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['Incident at Vichy', Arthur] Miller is showing the only thing that actually interrupts mass injustice:

Not outrage
Not ideology
Not even belief

but the willingness to accept personal risk for another person’s life.

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“VON BERG, *after a pause*: I supported a small orchestra. When the Germans came into Austria three of the players prepared to escape. I convinced them no harm would come to them; I brought them to my castle; we all lived together.

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Excerpt From
Incident at Vichy, 1964 (set in Vichy France 1942)
The Penguin Arthur Miller Centennial, 1915-2015
Arthur Miller

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"...I warn you—I’ve had experience with these types. You’d better ram a viewpoint up your spine or you’ll break in half.

LEDUC: I understand. You mean it’s important not to feel alone, is that it?

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