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Modern history complicates the 
character of Shylock even further. 
Why do you think Hitler would have 
been such a fan of The Merchant of 
Venice? 
It is nearly impossible for an audience in 2014 to 
explore the character of Shylock without making 
connections to the holocaust History shapes our 
understanding of the world and world events . 
For top marks, you NEED to explore the 
representation of Shylock before and after the 
holocaust. 
The Merchant of Venice was one of Adolf Hitler’s favourite Shakespeare 
plays.
Gareth Armstrong, author of 
the one–man show ‘Shylock’, 
says: 
‘Hitler loved The Merchant of 
Venice. So…the play will never 
be quite the same again’. 
What do you think he means?
This century has witnessed an unspeakable tragedy, which can 
never be forgotten: the attempt by the Nazi regime to 
exterminate the Jewish people, with the consequent killing of 
millions of Jews. Women and men, old and young, children and 
infants, for the sole reason of their Jewish origin, were 
persecuted and deported. Some were killed immediately, while 
others were degraded, ill- treated, tortured and utterly robbed 
of their human dignity, and then murdered. Very few of those 
who entered the [Concentration] Camps survived, and those 
who did remained scarred for life. 
Statement issued by the Vatican on March 12, 1998
‘Work sets you free’ 
• WW2 Nazis sought to 
murder the entire Jewish 
population of Europe and 
to destroy its culture. 
• In 1941 there were about 
11 million Jews living in 
Europe; by May 1945 the 
Nazis had murdered six 
million of them. (inc. 1.5m 
children) 
• Whilst the Jews of Europe 
were the Nazis’ primary 
target, many millions of 
other people were also 
imprisoned, enslaved and 
murdered.
1945-49: The Nuremberg Trials 
• 1945 War criminals went on 
trial for their part in the 
holocaust. 
• Nuremberg (German, 
Nurnberg) was significant – 
this was where the Nazi 
party held their annual 
rallies. 
• Range of war criminals tried 
– SS Officers, politicians, 
doctors etc. but not Hitler 
(Führer), Himmler (SS), 
Goebbels (Propaganda), 
who all killed themselves.
The Nuremberg Trials court room 
Why would 
Trevor Nunn 
decide to 
visually 
echo the 
trials? 
The court room in Act 4, Scene 1 (2000, Trevor Nunn production) 
TREVOR NUNN: ‘I 
wanted to put the 
play there [1930s] 
so it couldn't in any 
way shrink from the 
reality of the 
Holocaust’
Hermann Göring in the dock The Duke of Venice leading the trial (2000, 
Trevor Nunn production) 
Look at the similarities between these two scenes. The one on the left is of Hermann Göring 
in the dock being tried for his crime. Göring was a senior leader in the Nazi party with Hitler. 
On the left is the Duke leading the trial of Antonio and then Shylock. 
ARE THESE SIMILARITIES ACCIDENTAL? 
Who knows? But it would be worth considering whether Nunn has intentionally 
echoed a war criminal. If he has, what might this suggest about the harsh way in 
which Shylock is treated at the end of the play?
Jews: An Elizabethan Stereotype 
• English society in the Elizabethan era has been 
described as "judeophobic". 
• English Jews had been expelled under Edward I in 
1290 and were not permitted to return until 1656 
under the rule of Oliver Cromwell. 
• In Venice and in some other places, Jews were 
required to wear a red hat at all times in public to 
make sure that they were easily identified, and had 
to live in a ghetto protected by Christian guards. 
• On the Elizabethan stage, Jews were often 
presented in an Orientalist caricature, with hooked 
noses, and were usually depicted as avaricious 
usurers. They were usually characterised as evil, 
deceitful and greedy.
Critical Reception 
Aaron Davidman, Artistic Director for The Jewish 
Theatre, says, ‘Shylock is the imagined Jew of the 
Elizabethan era. We get to laugh at him in the 
entire play’. 
Stuart Bousel, Artistic Director of No Nude Men, 
blames Shylock himself: ‘I do think that Shylock is 
a villain in the end because he is given so many 
opportunities to back down and he can‘t, he 
won‘t. He‘s a sympathetic monster‘. 
Carla Della Gatta: Whether Shylock is 
interpreted as a fool or a monster, sympathetic 
or merely inconsistent, the faults of his character 
are linked overtly to his religious affiliation. 
Shylock‘s Jewishness is key to his identity. Shylock 
is referred to as ‘the Jew’ twenty–six times in the 
play and as ‘Shylock’ only nineteen times. 
From, CARLA DELLA GATTA , ‘CONSTRUCTING SHYLOCK: POST–THEATRE TALKS AS SECONDARY PERFORMANCE SPACES IN BAY AREA 
PRODUCTIONS OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE’, Peer English (2011)
Harold Bloom: ‘a profoundly anti– 
Semitic work.’ 
V 
Erin Merritt: ‘I don‘t really feel it is anti– 
Semitic. The Christians are really poorly 
behaved.’

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holocaust and nuremburg mechant of venice

  • 1. Modern history complicates the character of Shylock even further. Why do you think Hitler would have been such a fan of The Merchant of Venice? It is nearly impossible for an audience in 2014 to explore the character of Shylock without making connections to the holocaust History shapes our understanding of the world and world events . For top marks, you NEED to explore the representation of Shylock before and after the holocaust. The Merchant of Venice was one of Adolf Hitler’s favourite Shakespeare plays.
  • 2. Gareth Armstrong, author of the one–man show ‘Shylock’, says: ‘Hitler loved The Merchant of Venice. So…the play will never be quite the same again’. What do you think he means?
  • 3. This century has witnessed an unspeakable tragedy, which can never be forgotten: the attempt by the Nazi regime to exterminate the Jewish people, with the consequent killing of millions of Jews. Women and men, old and young, children and infants, for the sole reason of their Jewish origin, were persecuted and deported. Some were killed immediately, while others were degraded, ill- treated, tortured and utterly robbed of their human dignity, and then murdered. Very few of those who entered the [Concentration] Camps survived, and those who did remained scarred for life. Statement issued by the Vatican on March 12, 1998
  • 4. ‘Work sets you free’ • WW2 Nazis sought to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and to destroy its culture. • In 1941 there were about 11 million Jews living in Europe; by May 1945 the Nazis had murdered six million of them. (inc. 1.5m children) • Whilst the Jews of Europe were the Nazis’ primary target, many millions of other people were also imprisoned, enslaved and murdered.
  • 5. 1945-49: The Nuremberg Trials • 1945 War criminals went on trial for their part in the holocaust. • Nuremberg (German, Nurnberg) was significant – this was where the Nazi party held their annual rallies. • Range of war criminals tried – SS Officers, politicians, doctors etc. but not Hitler (Führer), Himmler (SS), Goebbels (Propaganda), who all killed themselves.
  • 6. The Nuremberg Trials court room Why would Trevor Nunn decide to visually echo the trials? The court room in Act 4, Scene 1 (2000, Trevor Nunn production) TREVOR NUNN: ‘I wanted to put the play there [1930s] so it couldn't in any way shrink from the reality of the Holocaust’
  • 7. Hermann Göring in the dock The Duke of Venice leading the trial (2000, Trevor Nunn production) Look at the similarities between these two scenes. The one on the left is of Hermann Göring in the dock being tried for his crime. Göring was a senior leader in the Nazi party with Hitler. On the left is the Duke leading the trial of Antonio and then Shylock. ARE THESE SIMILARITIES ACCIDENTAL? Who knows? But it would be worth considering whether Nunn has intentionally echoed a war criminal. If he has, what might this suggest about the harsh way in which Shylock is treated at the end of the play?
  • 8. Jews: An Elizabethan Stereotype • English society in the Elizabethan era has been described as "judeophobic". • English Jews had been expelled under Edward I in 1290 and were not permitted to return until 1656 under the rule of Oliver Cromwell. • In Venice and in some other places, Jews were required to wear a red hat at all times in public to make sure that they were easily identified, and had to live in a ghetto protected by Christian guards. • On the Elizabethan stage, Jews were often presented in an Orientalist caricature, with hooked noses, and were usually depicted as avaricious usurers. They were usually characterised as evil, deceitful and greedy.
  • 9. Critical Reception Aaron Davidman, Artistic Director for The Jewish Theatre, says, ‘Shylock is the imagined Jew of the Elizabethan era. We get to laugh at him in the entire play’. Stuart Bousel, Artistic Director of No Nude Men, blames Shylock himself: ‘I do think that Shylock is a villain in the end because he is given so many opportunities to back down and he can‘t, he won‘t. He‘s a sympathetic monster‘. Carla Della Gatta: Whether Shylock is interpreted as a fool or a monster, sympathetic or merely inconsistent, the faults of his character are linked overtly to his religious affiliation. Shylock‘s Jewishness is key to his identity. Shylock is referred to as ‘the Jew’ twenty–six times in the play and as ‘Shylock’ only nineteen times. From, CARLA DELLA GATTA , ‘CONSTRUCTING SHYLOCK: POST–THEATRE TALKS AS SECONDARY PERFORMANCE SPACES IN BAY AREA PRODUCTIONS OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE’, Peer English (2011)
  • 10. Harold Bloom: ‘a profoundly anti– Semitic work.’ V Erin Merritt: ‘I don‘t really feel it is anti– Semitic. The Christians are really poorly behaved.’