Mann, Heinrich
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1871 - 1950
Found in 2 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 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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- Celebrities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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- Ephemera 1
- Exiled Jewish authors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles -- Southern France -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- German literature -- Archival resources 1
- Historical fiction, German -- Archival resources 1
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- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 1
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- Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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