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Exilliteratur - German Exile Literature (1933-1945)
 📌 Read a book from this genre, written by an exile author during their exile! 📌 You can also read a biography.

A lot of writers fled Nazi Germany and reflected on their experiences and their home country in their works.

Notable works:
  • Thomas Mann: 🔹 Doktor Faustus
  • Erika Mann: Wenn die Lichter ausgehen (🔹 The Lights Go Down)
  • Erika & Klaus Mann: Escape to Life
  • Anna Seghers: Das Siebte Kreuz (🔹 The Seventh Cross)
  • Lion Feuchtwanger: Der falsche Nero (🔹 The False Nero)
  • Bertolt Brecht: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (🔹 Mother Courage and Her Children) // Leben des Galilei (🔹 Life of Galileo)
  • Erich Maria Remarque: Liebe deinen Nächsten (🔹 Flotsam)
  • Ernst Troller: Eine Jugend in Deutschland (🔹 I was a German)
  • Stefan Zweig: Schachnovelle (🔹 Chess Story)
  • Carl Zuckmayer: Des Teufels General (🔹 The Devil's General)
  • Heinrich Mann: Die Jugend des Henri Quatre
All books added
Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen eines Europäers by Stefan Zweig

Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen eines Europäers

Stefan Zweig

505 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history informative reflective sad medium-paced
Eine Jugend in Deutschland by Ernst Toller

Eine Jugend in Deutschland

Ernst Toller

167 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history reflective slow-paced
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers, James A. Galston

The Seventh Cross

Anna Seghers, James A. Galston

441 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics reflective sad medium-paced
Transit by Anna Seghers

Transit

Anna Seghers

257 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Lights Go Down by Erika Mann
The Lights Go Down
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Erika Mann

The Lights Go Down

Erika Mann

314 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Die Jugend des Königs Henri Quatre by Heinrich Mann

Die Jugend des Königs Henri Quatre

Henri Quatre #1

Heinrich Mann

725 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

Chess Story

Stefan Zweig

84 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque

Flotsam

Erich Maria Remarque

436 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

Mother Courage and Her Children

Bertolt Brecht

112 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Exil by Lion Feuchtwanger

Exil

The Wartesaal Trilogy #3

Lion Feuchtwanger

862 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics historical informative reflective fast-paced