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Weimar in Exile: The Antifascist Emigration in Europe and America

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Beyond encyclopaedic in scope, this is anything but a beginning text. Palmier's mastery of his subject, the breadth of his knowledge and expertise, are awe-inspiring. What was the reaction of German writers and artists to the rise of Nazism, and what did they do in response? Many fled the country, others stayed. Where did the refugees go, and why? How were they received in other European countries, the Americas, the East? To what extent were they the targeted victims of totalitarianism? Dense with factual information on every page, yet brimming with sympathy, the text is informative and moving at the same time. Recounting names (the majority of which were unknown to me), dates, and places, this is a work of unsurpassed scholarship of the period.