Escape to Life

"Escape to Life" ist ein Who´s Who der deutschen Kultur im Exil. Erika und Klaus Mann porträtieren die wichtigsten Persönlichkeiten der von Hitler in die Emigration getriebenen geistigen Elite Deutschlands. Kaum ein bedeutender Name fehlt in der hier aufgeführten Allianz gegen den Faschismus. Von Albert Einstein bis Bertolt Brecht, von Carl Zuckmayer bis George Grosz reicht die Liste der Künstler und Wissenschaftler, die in sehr persönlich gehaltenen Essays vorgestellt werden. Als das Buch 1939 erstmals erschien, sollte es den amerikanischen Lesern ein Bild geben von Vielfalt und Reichtum der deutschen Kultur im Exil. Heute ist es ein einzigartiges Dokument: die umfassendste, farbigste Darstellung des "Anderen Deutschland", die während der Zeit des Dritten Reiches geschrieben wurde.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt E-Book
  • Release: 21.05.2019
  • ISBN: 978-3-644-00260-9
  • 420 Pages
  • Authors: Erika MannKlaus Mann
  • Edited by: Heribert Hoven

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Portrait von Erika Mann
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Erika Mann

Erika Mann was born on 9 November 1905 in Munich. She first worked as an actress and journalist. At the beginning of 1933 she founded the cabaret "Die Pfeffermühle" in Munich; a few weeks later she went into exile with the whole troupe. From 1936 she lived mainly in the USA as a lecturer and publicist. During the Second World War, she participated in the BBC's German programs and was a war correspondent for the Allies. In 1952 she returned to Europe with her parents. She died in Zurich on the 27th of August, 1969.

Portrait von Klaus Mann
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Klaus Mann

Klaus Mann was born in Munich in 1906, the first child of Thomas and Katia Mann. He began his literary career as the enfant terrible of the Weimar Republic. After 1933 he became an important figure in the German literary elite that had been forced into exile by the Nazis. Klaus Mann’s death in 1949 in Cannes was caused by an overdose of sleeping pills.