Weimar on the Pacific

Weimar on the Pacific
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780520257955
ISBN-13 : 0520257952
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Book Synopsis Weimar on the Pacific by : Ehrhard Bahr

Download or read book Weimar on the Pacific written by Ehrhard Bahr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-08-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s and '40s, LA became a cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodor W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who were fleeing Nazi Germany. This book is the first to examine their work and lives.


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