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@MsDropbear42
Hashtags for the Jewish writers referred to by #RichardFlanagan in the SMH article.
#JosephRoth
#MGassen
#TonyJudt
#EhutOlmert
#PrimoLevi
(edit: Not appreciating the forced changes in display format when this Toot was first posted. My formatting, my expression ... or someone else gets to decide?)

#UweWittstock's book "February 1933: The Winter of Literature" and #RobertMusil's "Literature and Politics" illustrate how many #WeimarRepublic writers compromised or fled to survive the rise of #fascism. Few actively resisted #Nazism, with most opting for silence or collaboration to avoid persecution. #BertoltBrecht and #JosephRoth are exceptions who recognized and opposed the threat early, while figures like #ErichKästner remained to document the era.

https://jacobin.com/2024/05/weimar-writers-fascism-book-review