Austria in the Thirties: Culture and Politics

by Kenneth Segar, John Warren II

Overview

These essays deal with the interaction between culture and politics during the period of the Austrian Corporate State, the five years preceding the Anschluss in 1938. The contributions show that no aspect of literary and cultural life remained unchanged by the National Socialist infiltration that took place in the 1930s. All Austrian writers, publishers, theater directors, and film makers had to decide whether to face economic penalty by opposing National Socialism and being blacklisted in Germany or to seek financial advantage by joining the Nazi movement. Jewish writers and political activists had no choice but were forced to flee into exile or face imprisonment in concentration camps after the Anschluss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780929497297
Publisher:	Ariadne Press
Publication date:	11/28/1990
Series:	Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture and Thought
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	391
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)