Abschied von Wien : ein Schauspiel / [by Bernhard Blume], 1938.

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Abschied von Wien : ein Schauspiel / [by Bernhard Blume], 1938.

The action begins when a group of Austrian brownshirts (Sturmabteilungen) in a ski cabin take in three lost skiers. When two of the skiers are discovered to be Jewish, the Nazis humiliate them to such an extent that all three risk leaving despite the probability that they will not survive overnight outside on the mountain. One of the brownshirts comes into conflict with the others when he decides to rescue the skiers.

119 leaves (loose) ; 28 cm.

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Blume, Bernhard, 1901-....

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Abschied von Wien was written in 1938 while Blume was in Silver Lake, California. Blume's 1985 autobiography, translated in 1992 as A Life in Two Worlds, indicates that the play had never been performed. Bernhard Blume (1901-1978) was a German writer and literary historian who left Germany under Nazi pressue in 1936. He taught at Mills College, Ohio State University, and served as the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University from 1956 to 196...

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Blume, Bernhard, 1901-....

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Abschied von Wien was written in 1938 while Blume was in Silver Lake, California. Blume's 1985 autobiography, translated in 1992 as A Life in Two Worlds, indicates that the play had never been performed. Bernhard Blume (1901-1978) was a German writer and literary historian who left Germany under Nazi pressue in 1936. He taught at Mills College, Ohio State University, and served as the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University from 1956 to 196...