Originally Posted by Helena Handbaskets

During the performance I had had the distinct impression that Pilate was dressed an awful lot like an SS officer, and when the rabble shouts, "Er sterbe!" (He shall die!) and thrusts their arms forward, I had been chilled to notice how similar it was to cries of "Sieg Heil" in a Nuremburg Nazi rally (I had noticed this in 2000 as well). Well, it turns out that Mr. Huber himself confirmed that these allusions are intentional.