Brochure: Saratoga Spa Treatments (1939)
Richard A. Bermann at Yaddo artists‘ colonyThe “manor house” to which the author Richard A. Bermann is referring here, is the Yaddo estate in Saratoga Springs in New York State which was built at the end of the 19th century.
Brown Book about the Reichstag Fire and Hitler’s Terror (1933)
A protest book with far-reaching consequencesJuly 1933 saw the release in Paris of the Braunbuch über Reichstagsbrand und Hitlerterror (Brown Book about the Reichstag Fire and Hitler’s Terror). The authors, with writer Arthur Koestler among them, remained anonymous and were acting under the auspices of Communist publisher Willi Münzenberg.
Bruno Frank: Cervantes (1934, reprint 1944)
The German-language first edition of Bruno Frank’s novel “Cervantes” was published by Querido Verlag, Amsterdam, in 1934. Translations were published in Sweden, the UK, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, the USA, Chile and Spain.
Bruno Frank: Telegram to the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom (1939)
In 1938, author Bruno Frank – together with Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger, Alfred Neumann, Rudolf Olden and Richard A. Bermann – was one of the panel that judged the literary competition organised by the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom.
Bruno Taut: Construction plans for his residence in Istanbul, 1937
For the two years preceding his sudden death at Christmas 1938, architect Bruno Taut was in exile in Turkey. He was responding to an offer to take up a position as professor of architecture at the University of Istanbul, an offer which he owed above all to an old German associate: the former Berlin town planner Martin Wagner, who had executed a number of major projects with Taut, and had been in Turkey since 1935 working as an urban development advisor to the Atatürk government.
Bruno Taut: Sketch of Fuji
Architect Bruno Taut only intended to visit Japan for the cherry blossom time in 1933 before continuing on to the USA. But events in Germany turned the world lecture tour into a flight: it wasn’t one month, but rather three and a half years that Taut and his companion spent in Japan – their onward travel was hindered by problems in obtaining visas as well as money woes.
Business card of the architect Richard Paulick in Shanghai (around 1946)
At the address Bubbling Well Road, which is printed on this business card, Richard Paulick rented in 1937 an office with his company Modern Homes. The company employed interior designers, designers and art dealers who worked on furniture, interior decorations, wood fixtures, paintings and graphics.
Calendar sheet belonging to Heinrich Mann, 21 February 1933
By writing the simple note “departed” on his calendar on 23 February 1933, Heinrich Mann documented his flight from his homeland and the start of his exile. At this point in time he had no idea that he would never return to Germany again before his death.
Camp money from the Isle of Man Internment Camp (1940/41)
The internees in the Isle of Man camps developed an extensive system of self-administration.This included the production of small handicrafts such as shoemaking and a barber shop to agriculture, building toys and organising cultural events.
Carl Rabus: Aufschrei in der Qual (c. 1941/45)
The coloured woodcut Aufschrei in der Qual by the painter and graphic artist Carl Rabus shows a large head of a man whose face is contorted in pain. The angle of the tilted-back head and the bent position of the hand are unnatural.
