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Polity Press
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1509565426
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Marseille 1940 : the Flight of Literature
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240 Pages
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English
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2025
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Europe / General
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History
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Hardcover
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"An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." -- Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." -- Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." -- Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times "What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time." --Literary Review, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." -- Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." -- Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." -- Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times "What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time." Literary Review 'What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time.' Literary Review, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." -- Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." -- Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." -- Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times "What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time." --Literary Review "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." The Jewish Chronicle "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." The Jewish Chronicle, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." --Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." --Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." --Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times "What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time." --Literary Review "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." --The Jewish Chronicle, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling" Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times Mgdalena MiecznickaMagdalena Mieczn, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." --Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." --Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." --Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times "What makes Wittstock's lively book both topical and depressing is how little things have changed. Today, refugees, driven to flee through persecution, racism and fear of death, are treated with the same lack of international generosity as in Fry's time." --Literary Review "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." "In 300 pages, the German scholar Uwe Wittstock maps out the fall of France through the country's escape routes from its last "free" zone in Marseille by land and sea. It combines the essential elements of a rigorous history of a year, with the derring-do and excitement of a fast-moving thriller, narrated in a breathless present tense. It's a riveting book." --The Jewish Chronicle "The narrative is thrilling and hauntingly resonant ... Readers will be engrossed." Publishers Weekly, "An account of life under the threat of detention, torture, and death, of the decency and courage of ordinary people willing to help, and of one man's desperate fight against fascist cruelty and American callousness to save the lives of those whose last hope he has become - gripping, frightening, encouraging." -- Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader "Uwe Wittstock's Marseille 1940 reads like a novel, but tells a tale that is all too true. Narrated in the present tense and with a vivid cast of characters - at the centre of which is the obstinate, admirable Varian Fry - it rescues the rescuers, highlighting the crucial role that a small group of culture-lovers played in helping Jewish intellectuals and artists flee Germany. A compelling account of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of European culture." -- Ben Hutchinson, University of Kent "A harrowing account of anti-Nazi writers' and artists' efforts to escape France after its 1940 defeat ... Wittstock tells an irresistible story." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "... as addictive as it is nerve-racking ... a story well worth retelling." -- Magdalena Miecznicka, Financial Times
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
944.0816
Table Of Content
Prologue Backstories Two Days in July 1935 Le Désastre May 1940 June 1940 July 1940 Over the Mountains August 1940 September 1940 October 1940 The Villa, Waiting, and Death November 1940 to February 1941 Spring in France February to June 1941 The Long Goodbye June to November 1941 What Happened Afterward Epilogue Acknowledgements List of Illustrations B ibliography
Synopsis
June 1940: France surrenders to Germany. The Gestapo is searching for Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and many other writers and artists who had sought asylum in France since 1933. The young American journalist Varian Fry arrives in Marseille with the aim of rescuing as many as possible. This is the harrowing story of their flight from the Nazis under the most dangerous and threatening circumstances. It is the most dramatic year in German literary history. In Nice, Heinrich Mann listens to the news on Radio London as air-raid sirens wail in the background. Anna Seghers flees Paris on foot with her children. Lion Feuchtwanger is trapped in a French internment camp as the SS units close in. They all end up in Marseille, which they see as a last gateway to freedom. This is where Walter Benjamin writes his final essay to Hannah Arendt before setting off to escape across the Pyrenees. This is where the paths of countless German and Austrian writers, intellectuals and artists cross. And this too is where Varian Fry and his comrades risk life and limb to smuggle those in danger out of the country. This intensely compelling book lays bare the unthinkable courage and utter despair, as well as the hope and human companionship, which surged in the liminal space of Marseille during the darkest days of the twentieth century.
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