Concert· München
Heilige Nacht von Ludwig Thoma
"Heilige Nacht" ("Holy Night") is a play written by Ludwig Thoma in 1917 that dramatizes the famous Christmas truce of 1914 during World War I, in which German and Allied soldiers spontaneously laid down their weapons, sang carols together, and celebrated Christmas in no man's land. Through this depiction, Thoma—a German pacifist—delivered a pointed anti-war message highlighting the shared humanit