Peter Palitzsch

Peter Palitzsch
Palitzsch in 2004
Born	(1918-09-11)11 September 1918 Deutmannsdorf, Silesia, German Empire
Died	18 December 2004(2004-12-18) (aged 86) Havelberg, Germany
Occupations	Theatre director Theatre manager
Organizations	Berliner Ensemble Staatstheater Stuttgart Schauspiel Frankfurt Berliner Theatertreffen
Awards	Theaterpreis Berlin Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Peter Palitzsch (11 September 1918 – 18 December 2004)^[1] was a German theatre director. He worked with Bertolt Brecht in his Berliner Ensemble from the beginning in 1949, and was in demand internationally as a representative of Brecht's ideas. He was a theatre manager at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Many of his productions were invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen festival. He worked internationally from 1980.