High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rolf Hochhuth (born 1 April 1931, in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. He is best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy and remains a controversial figure for his plays and other public comments, such as his insinuation of Pope Pius XII`s sympathies for Hitler`s extermination of the Jews in the 1963 play The Deputy and his 2005 defense of Holocaust denier David Irving.