Dorothy Thompson and German writers in defense of democracy
Dorothy Thompson and German writers in defense of democracy
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Book
Tippelskirch, Karina von
"Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this book investigates work and life of Dorothy Thompson, the eminent journalist who in 1928 married American novelist Sinclair Lewis. In the following decade she became the most influential American woman next to Eleanor Roosevelt. Thompson's extensive network of friends and collaborators included prominent personalities on both sides of the Atlantic: Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Lion Feuchtwanger, Marcel Fodor, Ben Huebsch, Annette Kolb, Fritz Kortner, Thomas Mann, H. L. Mencken, Helmuth James von Moltke, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Christa Winsloe, and Carl Zuckmayer. Her prolific public engagement against Hitler and on behalf of refugees and exiled writers was based on the conviction that one was not possible without the other. A fierce opponent of isolationism, she declared that indifference towards totalitarianism or the refugee crisis would destroy democracy not only abroad but also in the United States".
Details
Subjects
Local Number
2021-1373
Author
Tippelskirch, Karina von
Publication Place
Berlin, Germany ; New York, New York
Publisher
Peter Lang
Year
2018
Pages
299 pages
Collation
illustrations (some colored), portraits
Series
Kulturtransfer und Geschlechterforschung
Language
English
ISBN
9783631675274
Digital Object Note
Hardcover edition
This book was donated to the Yad Vashem Library in memory of Yehuda Schwarzbaum (1930-2011), his parents Akiva and Chaya and his younger brothers Menachem Mendl and Avraham who were murdered in the Shoah
Bibliographical Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index