Janka, Walter
1914-1994, German publisher and dramatist, emigrated from Spain to France in1939, from 1941 exile in Mexico; political and publishing activities there, among other things as head of exile publishing house El Libro Libre; remigration in 1947 to the GDR, where he was imprisoned and then later pardoned
Jockisch, Walter
1907-1970, opera director, second husband of Grete Weil, married in 1960
Johnson, Alvin
1874-1971, American economist, initiator and founding president of the University in Exile at the New York School in New York
Joseph J. Schwartz
1899-1975, American rabbi and politician who originally came from the Ukraine. Between 1940 and 1949 he was European director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Jourgaz-Verlag
founded by Mikhail Kolzov. The largest magazine publishing house of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1938.
Jüdischer Rat
The Jewish Council for Amsterdam was founded in February 1941 by the German occupying forces as the central organ for the Jewish population; it existed until the deportation of its last members in September 1943
Kahle, Hans
1899-1947, before 1933 a journalist and editor; one of the leading German emigrants in the Spanish Civil War; following internment in British exile, Chief of Police in from 1946 onwards
Kahn, Alphonse
1908-1985, German-Jewish lawyer and resistance fighter, forced to emigrate to France in 1934.
Kästner, Erich
1899–1974, German author and publisher, especially popular as an author of children’s books. His books were banned from 1933 onwards. Although he was an opponent of the Nazi regime, Kästner remained in Germany and wrote under a pseudonym.
Käthe Kollwitz
1867–1945, politically active visual artist, best known for her lithographs, etchings and woodcuts. Forced to resign from the Prussian Academy of Arts by the Nazis in 1933, she was banned from exhibiting her work from 1936.
