Brecht wrote DER AUFHALTSAME AUFSTIEG DES ARTURO UI within three weeks during exile in Finland in 1941. The play is set in Chicago. In this comic parable Hitler is presented in the figure of Arturo Ui, a small time gangster who tries to take over Chicago’s green groceries trade. Arturo’s ascent resembles Hitler’s rise to power, however, it clearly is portrayed as one which is stoppable.
