Steinbeck, John
(1902-1968), American writer
Steinberg Verlag
Zurich-based publishing company established in 1942 by sisters Selma and Luise Steinberg, which specialised in German-language exile literature (Klaus Mann, Max Brod, A. M. Frey) and translations of American literary works.
Sternfeld, Wilhelm
1888–1973, journalist, publicist. Exile in France, Czechoslovakia and Britain. Posts included secretary of the PEN Centre of German-Speaking Authors Abroad. After the end of the war, he helped build the collection of exile literature at the Deutsche Bibliothek, the predecessor of the German National Library.
Stibi, Georg
1901-1982, German communist politician and publicist, emigrated to Mexico in 1941, remigration and continued work as a publicist from 1946 in the GDR
Storrer-Madelung, Florianna
1902-1997, German-Danish translator who in the 1930s worked under Otto Kleiber as the assistant editor of the features section of the Basler National-Zeitung newspaper.
Stratil, Karl
1894 – 1963, graphic artist and book designer born in Moravia (Austria-Hungary), worked for publishing houses from 1920, among others for Reclam-Verlag in Leipzig
Suhrkamp, Peter
1891-1959, German publisher. Directed the S. Fischer publishing house during the Nazi era and founded the Suhrkamp publishing house in 1950.
ter Braak, Menno
1902-1940, Dutch writer and literary critic. He committed suicide on the day of Dutch capitulation.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
A parable from 1941 written by Bertolt Brecht while in exile in Finland that parodies Hitler’s seizure of power in a story set in the American gangster scene.
Toni Kesten
(1904-1977), née Warowitz, wife of Hermann Kesten (married in 1929), succeeded in fleeing via Marseille and Lisbon to New York after her internment in Gurs.