Anna Seghers (left), Gisl and Egon Erwin Kisch in Versailles, August 1935, photo: © Anne Radvanyi
News from exile
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The biographies of artists who were forced to flee during National Socialism are characterised by persecution and farewell, by a lack of place, and speechlessness.
What experiences do they have on the run and in the countries of exile? Is it possible to create art in a foreign country?
Christoph Gawenda and Anja Schneider read from letters, works and diary entries by artists in exile whose archives are held at the Akademie der Künste such as Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Tilla Durieux, Hanns Eisler, George Grosz, Elisabeth Hauptmann, Heinrich Mann, Anna Seghers, Bruno Taut, Helene Weigel, Arnold Zweig and many more.