„Die Barbarei beginnt immer mit der Abschaffung der Menschenrechte“ – Ein Abend für Thomas Mann mit Mely Kiyak, Maria Schrader und Daniel Schreiber

In the organizer's words:

Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann fled from the Nazis to America. From there, he broadcast monthly radio speeches to German listeners via the BBC. Desperate, admonishing, angry, he always tried to tell the Germans just one thing during the war: "Don't join in!" What was remarkable about his speeches was not only his commitment, as he actually detested political intervention, but also how much the circumstances changed his language and his writing. War, expulsion and exile have a deep impact on the work of every artist and confront them with the question: to intervene or not? For Thomas Mann, the matter was clear: he had no choice but to resist. Mely Kiyak has republished the radio speeches Deutsche Hörer! with a foreword and afterword. She comments on selected speeches, read by Maria Schrader. Mod.: Daniel Schreiber