Lion Feuchtwanger
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Lion Feuchtwanger (German: [ˈliːɔn ˈfɔʏçtˌvaŋɐ] ⓘ; 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.
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Born | (1884-07-07)7 July 1884 Munich |
Died | 21 December 1958(1958-12-21) (aged 74) Los Angeles |
Occupation | Novelist, playwright, essayist, theatre critic |
Notable works | Jud Süß (1925) The Oppermanns (1933) |
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Feuchtwanger's Judaism and 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 found asylum in the United States, where he died in 1958.