Lion Feuchtwanger

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1) The Devil in France - My Encounter with Him in the Summer of 1940

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Language

English

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Lion Feuchtwanger fiercely criticized the Nazi Party, years before it assumed power. When the Germans invaded France in 1940, he was imprisoned at Les Milles, but he eventually was able to flee to the United States. The Devil in France is a memoir of his internment.

2) Simone

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Feuchtwanger, Lion

Language

Deutsch

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In diesem Roman schlägt Lion Feuchtwanger eine Brücke zwischen Jeanne d' Arc, der Retterin Frankreichs, und einer Fünfzehnjährigen in dem von Deutschen besetzten Land. Madame betrachtet Simone durch ihr Lorgnon. Ihr Gesicht verrät, was ihr Mund gleich sprechen wird: "Hochmütig, aufsässig, vorwitzig." - Simone hat sich wieder einmal eingemischt in die Geschäfte ihrer Verwandten. Es ist passiert, nachdem sie Schriften über das Leben Jeanne...

3) The Oppermanns

Author

Feuchtwanger, Lion

Publisher

McNally Editions

Pub. Date

2022.

Edition

First McNally Editions paperback.

Physical Desc

xviii, 380 pages ; 22 cm

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English

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"In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with...

4) Goya: or the hard way to enlightenment

Author

Feuchtwanger, Lion

Publisher

First Run Features

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Deutsch

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"As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation, and has fallen in love with a beautiful Dutchess. But he also finds himself becoming more and more remote from the daily life and suffering of the Spanish people, and is increasingly drawn to portraying their desires and nightmares in his paintings. But this interest in the 'common folk' causes the forces of the Inquisition to take an interest in Goya."--Container...