Oskar Maria Graf

Identifier
9933226089204146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1977
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

One of the two uploaded documents contains information about a Wiener Library's envelope about Oskar Maria Graf (*1894), who was a German-American writer. As an act of resistance against the Nazis, he had joined a group of socialist writers in 1933. His works were not chosen to be burned by the Nazis - he therefore publicly asked to be "burned" and has since then been counted among exile literature. He died in New York City in 1967. The second document contains official biographical information about Graf, provided by Munzinger-Archiv in 1967. It is part of the envelope, as well as various newspaper articles from 1950 to 1977.

Newspaper clippings - official biographical information

Note(s)

  • Also available on microfilm reel 0067: Frames 370-406

  • Title viewed: 25/02/2021

Subjects

  • Book burning--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Socialist literature.
  • Anti-fascist movements--Germany--History.
  • Authors, Exiled--United States--20th century.
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