Exilliteratur - German Exile Literature (1933-1945) - Germany Then & Now

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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