Marseille 1940 – Die große Flucht der Literatur

In the organizer's words:

Heinrich Mann, Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel, Walter Benjamin and Lion Feuchtwanger were refugees. In the summer of 1940, many celebrated German writers and other intellectuals fled for the second time. They had escaped the Nazis in Germany in 1933, but after the Wehrmacht invaded France, they had to flee again - under adventurous circumstances. The writer Uwe Wittstock describes this in his acclaimed book "Marseille 1940 - The Great Escape of Literature" - and will read from it.

PROGRAMME

Welcome
Dr. Gundula Bavendamm, Director of the Documentation Centre Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Katharina Thote, Representative UNHCR Germany

Talk and reading with Uwe Wittstock
Moderation: Chris Melzer, Press Officer UNHCR Germany

Afterwards we invite you to a small reception.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Admission time: 18.30 hrs

Language: German

FREE ADMISSION

WITH REGISTRATION

An event in cooperation with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency.