The novel "Mephisto" is one of the most well-known texts by Klaus Mann. Its fame results not only from its literary virtuosity, but also and primarily from the enormous media attention which was caused by the novel’s ...

Herman Stehr (1864–1940) belonged to the generation of writers who had the chance to es­tablish a serious opposition against National Socialism during the Weimar Republic, the Fascist movement and the Third Reich. Not only ...

Pojęcie eutanazji ma w kręgu kultury europejskiej nie tylko znaczenie historyczne. Odnosząc się do historii, filozofii, medycyny, etyki czy literatury, nabrało ono także charakteru instytucjonalnego w okresie Trzeciej ...

The 20th century was full of epoch-making events that left their mark on it. From the outbreak of the First World War and the fall of The German Empire, through numerous political and social shake-ups, until the outbreak ...

Klaus Mann (1906–1949) belonged to generation influenced by the two World Wars, burgeoning communism, and rising nationalism. Political component in his work is very strongly articulated not only in novels and essays, but ...

The Haskalah, as an intellectual movement among Jews, was a reformist trend of the late 18th century. In Zgierz, it only emerged in the 1860s. Its goal was to promote a new cultural ideal of the Jew as someone well-versed ...

Joseph Roth (1984–1939) belonged to a generation that was affected by two world wars, the collapse of the old world order, emerging nationalism and forced emigration. Columns, journalistic activity and literary works were ...