On the Cross

This book contains a narrative from the famous Oberammergau Passion Play performance. It is a passion game that has been conducted as a custom by the citizens of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, since 1634. The story's text is a mash-up of four separate manuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries. The author, Wilhelmine von Hillern, was birthed in Munich on March 11, 1836 and she was a novelist and actress from Germany.