This book is an extraordinary first-hand account of the German Academy in Exile. The Acedemy was established in 1936 as a platform for German intellectuals in A

A 1998 Los Angeles Times Book of the Year: the "vivid and moving" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) composite portrait of the historic migration of German-speakin

This book is the first to examine the brilliant gathering of composers, conductors, and other musicians who fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the Los Angeles are

Traces the lives & work of 23 well known artists exiled from Germany, including Heartfield, Schwitters, Kokoschka & Beckmann.

"Originally published in Great Britain by Persephone Books"--Title page verso.