I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.

Attempts to take up a collection for Huber's widow Clara only brought about more trouble and eventually led to Hans Leipelt's arrest and execution. The final scene of this work which is about the wrongful execution of Agnes Bernauer depicts a guilt-ridden chorus begging not to be implicated in the title character's death. Orff's Die Bernauerin a project which he completed in 1946 and which he had discussed with Huber before the latter's execution is dedicated to Huber's memory.