Thomas Mann and his BBC radio speeches 1940 to 1945
The Nobel Prize winner for literature Thomas Mann (1875-1955) left Germany after the National Socialist takeover and lived in exile from then on, initially in the south of France and from September 1933 in Switzerland. his German citizenship was revoked in 1936. he emigrated to the USA in 1938.
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There he continued his fight against Hitler and National Socialism in interviews and speeches. His "Deutsche Hörer!" radio speeches, which were broadcast by the BBC in London from 1940 to 1945, mostly on a monthly basis and transmitted to Germany a total of 58 times, had the broadest public impact.
In these speeches, most of which he spoke himself, Thomas Mann condemned the German war effort, reported on National Socialist crimes and called on listeners to free themselves from the Nazi regime. After the end of the war, he finally stated the "terrible total national guilt".
- Lecture: Prof. Dr. Manfred Görtemaker
- Reading: Dilan Graf and Kilian Struck
- Moderation: Dr. Erika Bucholtz
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