Weltbuhne Zurich

Kurt Hirschfeld und das deutschsprachige Theater im Schweizer Exil

edited by Raphael Gross and Daniel Wildmann

Book cover: Weltbuhne Zurich

Extent: 215 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: German Studies, Jewish Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts

Series volume number: 82

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(July 2022)

ISBN: 9783161611629

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $75.00

In stock

Theatre director Kurt Hirschfeld shaped German-language theatre like no other during its Swiss exile and beyond. This volume explores the fragile experience of exile of one of German-Jewish history’s key figures, and examines his intellectual network which comprised such authors as Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch.


Theatre director Kurt Hirschfeld shaped German-language theatre like no other during its Swiss exile and beyond. This volume explores the fragile experience of exile of one of German-Jewish history’s key figures, and examines his intellectual network which comprised such authors as Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch.

  • Edited by Raphael Gross
  • Edited by Daniel Wildmann