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

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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.

ist Prasident der Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin. ist Direktor des Leo Baeck Institute London und Senior Lecturer an der School of History, Queen Mary, University of London.

  • Edited by Raphael Gross
  • Edited by Daniel Wildmann