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"History requires a skilled creative writer to bring it vividly to life." Lion Feuchtwanger, Das Haus der Desdemona.

The purpose of this portal is to introduce English-speaking researchers, journalists, students, and general readers to the life and work of Lion Feuchtwanger. Each entry contains information in English about a recent conference, book, article, or other item of interest, as well as links to further reading. There is particular emphasis on the novels which thematize antisemitism and the rise of Nazism, namely Jud Süss, Erfolg, and Die Geschwister Oppermann. The impact of Nazism on Lion Feuchtwanger and his immediate family in Germany is also emphasized. The site is thus a useful stepping stone for further inquiry. This site is maintained by Dr. Adrian Feuchtwanger (translator, International Feuchtwanger Society Executive Committee member, and a great-nephew of Lion Feuchtwanger; for full bio, see www.feuchtwanger.com). It is for non-profit educational purposes only.

Category: Weimar Republic and the Third Reich

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Die Geschwister Oppermann, Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
23. July 202012. September 2020 admin

“Few novels strike such a stark note of warning, or capture with such accuracy the perilous years of the rise of a dictatorship.” Financial Times “A timely reissue of an anti-fascist classic.” Irish Times The Oppermanns, in a comprehensively updated … Continue reading

Jud Süss, Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
30. December 201912. September 2020 admin

Feuchtwanger and Judaism, History, Imagination, Exile, containing several articles in English about the Jewish themes that ran through Lion Feuchtwanger’s life, works and worlds, has been published by Peter Lang (Bern). The volume focusses on Lion Feuchtwanger’s approaches to Jewish … Continue reading

Erfolg, Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
1. December 201912. September 2020 admin

The 9th Conference of the International Feuchtwanger Society (Lion Feuchtwanger und München: Der junge Feuchtwanger—Dramatiker, Theaterkritiker, früher Romanautor) was held in Munich from 17th-20th October 2019. The conference was covered by the Süddeutsche Zeitung on 21st October 2019 and in … Continue reading

Non-fiction and Biography, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
19. December 201712. September 2020 admin

For the 80th anniversary of Lion Feuchtwanger’s 1937 visit to Moscow, and to accompany publication of Professor Anne Hartmann’s new book, a conference entitled ‘Die revolutionäre Versuchung. Reiseberichte aus dem Exil: Auf nach Moskau! Der Fall Lion Feuchtwanger‘ was held … Continue reading

Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
28. November 201712. September 2020 admin

“Lion Feuchtwangers Roman Exil im nostalgischen Dreissigerjahre-Look”. Süddeutsche Zeitung A theatrical production of Exil was staged at Munich Kammerspiele in November 2017, with an accompanying reading of correspondence between Lion Feuchtwanger and fellow exiled German Jewish author Arnold Zweig. For … Continue reading

Films in English or with English subtitles, Non-fiction and Biography, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
28. November 201721. August 2020 admin

Hitler, My Neighbor, Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939, by Lion Feuchtwanger’s nephew Edgar Feuchtwanger, was published by Other Press (New York) in November 2017, with accompanying excerpts in Time (online) and People (online). Covering the period 1929-39, the book is … Continue reading

Non-fiction and Biography, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
4. November 201717. September 2020 admin

The 8th Conference of the International Feuchtwanger Society (proceedings: Feuchtwanger und die Erinnerungskultur in Frankreich (Bern: Peter Lang, 2020)) was held in Paris from 11th-14th October 2017. Lion Feuchtwanger’s account of his internment at the Les Milles camp near Aix-en-Provence, … Continue reading

Erfolg, Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
11. February 20173. October 2020 admin

The quality of Lion Feuchtwanger’s works continues to be the subject of ongoing discussion in mainstream media. Literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki included Lion Feuchtwanger’s evocative Neue Sachlichkeit short story Höhenflugrekord in his Der Kanon–Erzählungen. However, in a 2010 article in … Continue reading

Jud Süss, Novels, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
25. November 201612. September 2020 admin

The Drei Masken Verlag first edition of Jud Süss (1925) is prominently displayed in the Library of Burned and Banned Books at the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism. It is easily identifiable by its yellow jacket, … Continue reading

Films in English or with English subtitles, Non-fiction and Biography, Weimar Republic and the Third ReichLeave a comment
9. October 201612. September 2020 admin

Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky’s film Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War, with Tom Hanks as the voice of Waitstill Sharp, was previewed at the White House as part of the ongoing refugee debate, and at the US Holocaust Memorial … Continue reading

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The purpose of this portal is to introduce English-speaking researchers, journalists, students, and general readers to the life and work of Lion Feuchtwanger. Each entry contains information in English about a recent conference, book, article, or other item of interest, as well as links to further reading. There is particular emphasis on the novels which thematize antisemitism and the rise of Nazism, namely Jud Süss, Erfolg, and Die Geschwister Oppermann. The impact of Nazism on Lion Feuchtwanger and his immediate family in Germany is also emphasized. The site is thus a useful stepping stone for further inquiry. This site is maintained by Dr. Adrian Feuchtwanger (translator, International Feuchtwanger Society Executive Committee member, and a great-nephew of Lion Feuchtwanger; for full bio, see www.feuchtwanger.com). It is for non-profit educational purposes only.
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