Warum ich nicht nach Deutschland zurückkehre

In the organizer's words:

Thomas Mann and the discussion about his return in 1945. Lecture by Dr. Dirk Heißerer with music:

Venue: Hall, first floor

"I am deeply attached to Munich, where I spent half my life." Thomas Mann lived in Munich for almost 40 years, 23 of them in Bogenhausen. From 1914 to 1933, he lived with his family in his own villa at Poschingerstrasse 1 (now Thomas-Mann-Allee 10). It was here that he wrote and completed the novel"The Magic Mountain" (1924). The villa was badly damaged during the war after the Mann family was forced into exile and was later demolished. The question of whether the exile should return to Germany as an American after the war occupied the author's friends and enemies for a long time.

Dirk Heißerer, literary scholar and author, will give the lecture, with music by the "Sometimes Six Jazz Band".

In May 1945, the end of the Second World War set a new course in politics and society that still influences the way we live together today. The program "1945-2025 Zero Hour? How we became what we are." of the Munich Cultural Department aims to commemorate this with an extensive program of events.

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Registration in person on site, by telephone on 089 - 233 772417 or by e-mail to stb.bogenhausen.kult(at)muenchen.de