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Im Herbst 1927 brachen Erika und Klaus Mann zu einer gemeinsamen Weltreise auf. Über ein Dreivierteljahr lang fuhren sie durch die USA, besuchten Hawaii, Japan, Korea und die Sowjetunion. Sie trafen Prominente von Greta Garbo bis Emil Jannings, und sie entdeckten viel Unbekanntes. Nach ihrer Rückkehr schrieben die Geschwister über ihre Erlebnisse einen anekdotenreichen, launigen Bericht. In der vorliegenden Ausgabe dieses einzigartigen Dokuments sind auch die 35 Fotos aus der Erstausgabe von 1929 wieder enthalten, und Uwe Naumann berichtet in seinem Nachwort über unbekannte Hintergründe der ungewöhnlichen Reise.

Publisher: Rowohlt E-Book
Release: 16.04.2019
ISBN: 978-3-644-00439-9
160 Pages
Authors: Erika MannKlaus 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.

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.