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Open in the appThe classic "Youth without God" by Ödön von Horváth is set shortly before World War II and focuses on the fascist ideology of the Third Reich. A fascist school class rebels against their system-critical teacher, and as a disciplinary punishment, the class and teacher are… The classic "Youth without God" by Ödön von Horváth is set shortly before World War II and focuses on the fascist ideology of the Third Reich. A fascist school class rebels against their system-critical teacher, and as a disciplinary punishment, the class and teacher are immediately sent to a military camp. There they prepare for war, and in the process, a student dies. What happened, and who is responsible? A cold-blooded murderer? The silent teacher? The fascist system? With "Youth without God," we want to open a discussion about where moral cowardice ends and civil courage begins. In a time when conviction is often demanded but rarely lived out, we're making a current social statement. Over the past six months, we at StuThe (Studierenden Theater Zürich) have newly staged and modernized the play to build a bridge from the fiction of the past to the world we all live in, here and now.