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Feuchtwanger, Lion

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1958

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lion Feuchtwanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0204
Abstract Lion Feuchtwanger (1884-1958) was a celebrated German-Jewish novelist and outspoken enemy of the Nazis. He began his literary career as a theater critic and turned his talent to writing plays in the 1910s and 1920s. He first became internationally known for his historical novel Jud Süss published in 1925. In 1933, he went into exile in Southern France and in 1941 he emigrated to the United States. He was an important figure in intellectual and artistic circles in Los Angeles during the...
Dates: 1906 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1958

Marta Feuchtwanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0206
Abstract This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with...
Dates: 1536 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987

Marta Mierendorff papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0214
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California. One focus of the collection are German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The collection also includes more extensive materials on Walter...
Dates: 1933 - 1985

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  • Subject: Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources X

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Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
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Authors, German -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
California, Southern -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 2
Celebrities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Charities -- California -- Archival resources 2
Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Conductors (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Ephemera 2
Exiles -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Exiles -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Exiles -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Exiles' writings, German -- California -- Archival resources 2
German literature -- Archival resources 2
International relations -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Jewish refugees -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 2
Jews -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Jews, German -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Archival resources 2
Photographs 2
Political campaigns -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Theater -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Audiocassettes 1
Autobiography -- Jewish authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Concentration camps -- France -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Exiled Jewish authors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Exiles -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Exiles -- Southern France -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Exiles -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Financial records 1
German language -- Archival resources 1
Historical fiction, German -- Archival resources 1
Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Memoirs 1
Newsletters 1
Notes 1
Scrapbooks 1
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
Theater programs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Archival resources 1
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