| Synopsis: |
The story of Stefan Zweig, Robert Neumann, Alfred Kerr, Max Herrmann-Meisse & Karl Otten in British Exile from Hazism. '...a veritable compendium of the German-speaking literary emigration in Britain' - Association of Jewish Refugees Journal '...this book is immensely readable as a vivid image of an epoch from an unusual angle, and a moving story of individuals struggling for survival' - Independent '...excellently written, comprehensively researched...its pages are packed wiht insights and information to which the British reader can all too readily relate and which will make him or her want to know more' - Journal of European Studies 'The style is clear and concise...this book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in cultural history, the exile phenomenon, or 20th century German literature - Choice (USA) Among the 70,000 refugees from Nazi German who came to Britain were some of the leading literary personalities of the Weimar era.This book tells the story of five of them - the Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (one of the most internationally translated authors of his day), the leading Berlin theatre critic and essayist Alfred Kerr, the writer, caberettist and poet Max Herrmann-Neise, the radical pacifist journalist Karl Otten, and the Austrian novelist and literary parodist Robert Neumann. Using unpublished diaries, memoirs, letters and British government records, the author follows the difficult, dramatic and often tragic lives of these men and their families in their efforts to establish themselves in Britain. |