Heinrich Mann, Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel, Walter Benjamin and Lion Feuchtwanger were all refugees. In the summer of 1940, many renowned German writers and intellectuals fled for the second time.
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BUCHCOVER Marseille 1940 – Die große Flucht der Literatur und Portrait Wittstock
In 1933 they had left Nazi Germany. After the Wehrmacht invaded France, they had to flee again - under remarkable circumstances. Writer Uwe Wittstock tells their story in his acclaimed book Die große Flucht der Literatur, from which he will also read extracts.
PROGRAMME
Welcome Adress
- Dr Gundula Bavendamm, director Documentation Centre Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
- Katharina Thote, representative of UNHCR Germany
Discussion and reading, with Uwe Wittstock
Interlocutor: Chris Melzer, press officer for UNHCR Germany
Please stay for wine and nibbles after the reading.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 6.30 p.m.
Language: German
FREE ADMISSION
BOOKING REQUIRED
An event organised in cooperation with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Dates
July 2025
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