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Uwe Wittstock
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The Authors’ Flight from the Nazis
In 1940, Hitler’s troops were in pursuit of authors such as Heinrich Mann, Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and countless others who had fled to France. A wealth of German and Austrian writers, intellectuals and artists crossed paths in the city of Marseille, where an American journalist sought to save as many of them as possible. In his new book Marseille 1940, the German author Uwe Wittstock details a dramatic year in German literary history picking up where his international breakthrough February 1933: The Winter of Literature left off. Moderator: Mats Almegård, journalist.
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28 Sep / 2024
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Description
The Authors’ Flight from the Nazis
In 1940, Hitler’s troops were in pursuit of authors such as Heinrich Mann, Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and countless others who had fled to France. A wealth of German and Austrian writers, intellectuals and artists crossed paths in the city of Marseille, where an American journalist sought to save as many of them as possible. In his new book Marseille 1940, the German author Uwe Wittstock details a dramatic year in German literary history picking up where his international breakthrough February 1933: The Winter of Literature left off. Moderator: Mats Almegård, journalist.