»Die Buchhandlung der Exilanten. Paris 1940 – Zuflucht und Widerstand« Ein Abend mit Uwe Neumahr

In the organizer's words:

Moderation: Rainer Moritz

Bookshops: Spaces for thought, refuge - and nuclei of resistance. In the 1920s, "Shakespeare and Company" and "Das Haus der Bücherfreunde" in Paris were meeting places for the avant-garde. At their center: Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier. But in 1940, with the German invasion, everything changed. The bookshops became places of refuge for German-Jewish exiles, and the booksellers did everything they could to save Walter Benjamin, Gisèle Freund, Siegfried Kracauer and many others. Until Sylvia Beach herself is picked up by the Gestapo. Following his acclaimed "The Writers' Castle", Uwe Neumahr now tells the story of Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier. Cleverly and captivatingly, he unravels contemporary history, tells of literary legends and a form of love that demands nothing in return (Verlag C.H.Beck).

Organizer: Stiftung Literaturhaus

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ADMISSION: EURO 16.- / 10.-