Saturday, September 20, 2008

Jacques Attali

On L'humeur vagabonde, Jacques Attali's discusses his play, Du cristal à la fumée, which is based on notes that were discovered after the Russian archives were opened. They include the minutes of a meeting that took place on November 12, 1938, two nights after Kristallnacht

In the second act of the play, Goering, Himmler, Goebbels, Heydrich and others discuss the need to deny any insurance claims made by Jews for damage to their property. The conversation expands to other topics and points toward the Final Solution: denying the right to work, to teach or be taught, to frequent shows or go to Aryan markets.