Lion Feuchtwanger (7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.
Feuchtwanger's fierce criticism of the Nazi Party—years before it assumed power—ensured that he would be a target of government-sponsored persecution after Adolf Hitler's appointment as chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Following a brief period of internment in France, and a harrowing escape from Continental Europe, he sought asylum in the United States, where he died in 1958.
Feuchtwanger is often praised for his efforts to expose the brutality of the Nazis and occasionally criticized for his failure to acknowledge the brutality of the rule of Joseph Stalin.
Read more about Lion Feuchtwanger: Early Life and Education, Early Career, Association With Bertolt Brecht, Shift From Drama To Novels, Opposition To The Nazis, Jud Süß, Persecution By The Nazis, Imprisonment and Escape, Asylum in The United States, Postwar, Illness and Death, Works
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