Austrian Exodus
The Creative Achievements of Refugees from National Socialism

Edited by Edward Timms and Ritchie Robertson

Austrian Studies 6

Edinburgh University Press

27 April 1995  •  238pp

ISBN: 978-0-748606-12-2 (hardback) (out of print)

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Following the German annexation of Austria in 1938 and the intensified persecution of the Jews, the British and American governments relaxed their restrictions on immigration and issued entry visas to tens of thousands of German-speaking refugees. This exodus can be seen as the most significant cultural migration of modern times. For the majority of the refugees from National Socialism came from educated backgrounds, and they included some of the most gifted members of the cultural elite. Despite the hardships of exile, these extraordinary men and women continued to be creative. Reviewing the achievements of refugee organisations and of outstanding individuals, including Stefan Zweig, Erich Fried, Hilde Spiel, Josef Fraenkel, Felix Pollak and Elias Canetti amongst others, Austrian Exodus details the enormous contribution these refugees made to the cultural and artistic life of the English-speaking world.

Contents:

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The Austrian Catastrophe: Political Reflections in the Unpublished Correspondence of Stefan Zweig and Arnold Zweig
Jeffrey B. Berlin

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22

The Cultural Policy of Austrian Refugee Organisations in Great Britain
Wolfgang Muchitsch

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'Doch wer den Mut verliert ist besser tot!': Young Austria and the Problem of Political Poetry
Jorg Thunecke

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Crossing Borders through the Ether: Erich Fried and Under Milk Wood
Steven W. Lawrie

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Hilde Spiel's Linguistic Rights of Residence
Konstanze Fliedl

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Austrian Zionism in Exile: The Work of Josef Fraenkel
Evelyn Adunka

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Joseph Otto Flatter: The Politicisation of a Portrait-Painter
Dorothea McEwan

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120

Felix Pollak: An Austro-American Poet
Gregory Mason

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134

A Passion for People: Elias Canetti's Autobiography and its Implications for Exile Studies
Harriet Murphy

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Review Articles
149

The Exodus from Austria
J. M. Ritchie

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159

Austria between the Wars
Alan Bance

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169

The Reception of the Vienna School of Art History
Richard Woodfield

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178

Review of John P. Spielman, The City and the Crown: Vienna and the Imperial Court, 1600-1740
Joachim Whaley

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179

Review of Charles H. Sherman and T. Donley Thomas, Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806): A Chronological Thematic Catalogue of his Works
Peter Branscombe

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180

Review of Manuela Jahrmarker and Till Gerrit Waidelich, Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil
Francis Lamport

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182

Review of Sieglinde Klettenhammer, Zwischen Weimar und Wien. Grillparzer - Ein Innsbrucker Symposion
Ian F. Roe

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182

Review of Monika Klein and Michael Klein, Grillparzer-Bilder 1991
Ian F. Roe

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184

Review of Susan Doering, Der wienerische Europäer. Johann Nestroy und die Vorlagen seiner Stücke
Louise Adey Huish

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185

Review of F. R. Bridge, The Habsburg Monarchy among the Great Powers, 1815-1918
Ian Foster

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185

Review of Istvan Deak, Beyond Nationalism. A Political and Social History of the Habsburg Officer Corps, 1848-1918
Ian Foster

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185

Review of Mark Cornwall, The Last Years of Austria-Hungary
Ian Foster

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185

Review of Samuel R. Williamson Jr, Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War
Ian Foster

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189

Review of Juliane Vogel, Elisabeth von Österreich: Momente aus dem Leben einer Kunstfigur
Patricia Howe

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190

Review of Karlheinz Rossbacher, Literatur und Liberalismus. Zur Kultur der Ringstraßenzeit in Wien
Eda Sagarra

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193

Review of Maria Klanska, Problemfeld Galizien in deutschsprachiger Prosa 1846-1914
Florian Krobb

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193

Review of Guido Baselgia, Galizien
Florian Krobb

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195

Review of Harold B. Segel, The Vienna Coffeehouse Wits 1890-1938
Leo A. Lensing

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Review of Maurice Gode, Ingrid Haag and Jacques Le Rider, Deux sites de la modernité - Zwei Metropolen der Moderne (1900-1930)
J. M. Ritchie

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198

Review of Iris Paetzke, Erzählen in der Wiener Moderne
Michael Levene

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199

Review of W. E. Yates, Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, and the Austrian Theatre
Andrew Barker

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202

Review of Alfred Pfoser, Kristina Pfoser-Schewig and Gerhard Renner, Schnitzlers Reigen. Zehn Dialoge und ihre Skandalgeschichte. Analysen und Dokumente
W. E. Yates

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203

Review of Douglas A. Joyce, Hugo von Hofmannsthal‘s Der Schwierige: A Fifty-Year Theater History
John McKenzie

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204

Review of Silvina Milstein, Arnold Schoenberg: Notes, Sets, Forms
Hugh Wood

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207

Review of Margarita Pazi, Ernst Weifi. Schicksal und Werk eines jüdischen mitteleuropäischen Autors in der ersten Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Andrew Barker

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209

Review of Klaus-Dieter Krohn, Frauen und Exit, zwischen Anpassung und Selbstbehauptung
Caroline Welsh

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211

Review of Joseph Strelka, George Saikos magischer Realismus - zum Werk eines unbekannten großen Autors
Ritchie Robertson

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212

Review of Henriette Mandl, Cabaret und Courage: Stella Kadmon - eine Biographie
John Warren

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214

Review of Amy Colin, Paul Celan: Holograms of Darkness
Caroline Dobson

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Review of Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger, Valie Export und Elfriede Jelinek im Spiegel der Presse
Allyson Fiddler

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Bibliography entry:

Timms, Edward, and Ritchie Robertson (eds), Austrian Exodus: The Creative Achievements of Refugees from National Socialism (= Austrian Studies, 6 (1995))

First footnote reference: 35 Austrian Exodus: The Creative Achievements of Refugees from National Socialism, ed. by Edward Timms and Ritchie Robertson (= Austrian Studies, 6 (1995)), p. 21.

Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Timms and Robertson, p. 47.

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Timms, Edward, and Ritchie Robertson (eds). 1995. Austrian Exodus: The Creative Achievements of Refugees from National Socialism (= Austrian Studies, 6)

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