Weimar poets meeting

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The annual Weimar Poets 'Meeting , from 1940 "European Poets' Meeting", was the most important literary event in the time of National Socialism in the German Reich.

The host was the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda , the conference office was in the Hotel Elephant . The meeting had the character of a working conference, which was framed by various festivities (opera and theater performances, receptions). The climax was a state act .

Participants were "the most important German writers of the time" (meaning: those who remained and suffered in Nazi Germany) as well as foreign poets. Until 1939 the conference was called the Greater German Poets 'Meeting , from 1940 the European Poets' Meeting . The autumn trip of French writers in 1941 to the second international poets' meeting became internationally known through the participation of Robert Brasillach , Pierre Drieu La Rochelle , Abel Bonnard , Ramon Fernandez , André Fraigneau , Jacques Chardonne and Marcel Jouhandeau . The participation of the French authors was organized by Gerhard Heller , a member of the Paris propaganda squadron . The Finnish writer Arvi Kivimaa wrote a report that was published in Germany in 1944.

In 1941, Hans Carossa also took part in the “Weimar Poets 'Meeting”, where he accepted the presidency of the European Writers' Association (ESV) from internal and non-German volunteer collaborators. “In the next year he stayed away from the embarrassing event.” Carl Rothe became Secretary General of the ESV . In 1942 the Italian Giovanni Papini became vice president of the association.

Participant in the poets' meeting in 1941

Participants from 14 countries (including Germany 15) took part in the poets' meeting:

German organizers and companions were: Wilhelm Haegert , Reichsschrifttumskammer ; Carl Rothe ; Karl Heinz Bremer , German Institute Paris, Deputy Karl Epting ; Friedrich Bran , Head of the France Committee at the Berlin Foreign Office; Gerhard Heller , publishing censor with the French military commander. In Weimar the foreign guests met representatives of German National Socialist literature such as Moritz Jahn and Friedrich Schnack .

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References and comments

  1. ^ Gerhard Heller: In an occupied country: Nazi cultural policy in France - memories 1940–1944 . Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-462-01521-4 . Heinrich Ehmsen then organized a trip for 13 French visual artists to Germany. Cf. Dufay: Herbstreise , p. 119
  2. ^ European poets' journey through Germany: Travel impressions of a Finnish writer in Germany . Vienna; Berlin ; Leipzig: Karl H. Bischoff, 1944
  3. ↑ Klaus Harpprecht: The tragedy of simple decency . In: Die Zeit , No. 37/1993
  4. ↑ Dufay: Herbstreise , p. 93
  5. ^ Dufay, Herbstreise , p. 82; the names mentioned by Dufay and Hausmann are listed here, including the speakers and other companions
  6. ↑ 1906–1989, see Ferdinand Vercnocke in the Dutch-language Wikipedia
  7. ↑ 1891–1962, see Filip De Pillecyn in the Dutch-language Wikipedia
  8. ↑ 1891–1953, see Ejnar Howalt in the Danish-language Wikipedia
  9. ↑ 1904–1984, see Arvi Kivimaa in the Finnish-language Wikipedia
  10. ↑ 1894–1944, see Ramon Fernandez in the French-language Wikipedia
  11. ↑ 1905–1991, see André Fraigneau in the French-language Wikipedia
  12. ↑ 1898–1953, see Alfredo Acito in the Italian-language Wikipedia
  13. ↑ 1908–1983, see Giulio Cogni in the Italian-language Wikipedia
  14. ↑ Maria Clotile Angelini, 1942. Note in margine al Convegno degli scrittori europei a Weimar ( Memento of 31 October 2006 at the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 89 kB) page 12; Sertoli accompanied the Italian writers as a representative of the "Ministero della Cultura Popolare"
  15. ↑ Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945 . University of California Press, 2001, ISBN 0520223632 , page 269.
  16. ↑ 1901–1986, see Antun Bonifačić in the Croatian-language Wikipedia
  17. ↑ 1894–1975, see Rintsje Piter Sybesma in the Dutch language Wikipedia
  18. ↑ 1900–1983, see Henri Bruning in the Dutch language Wikipedia
  19. ^ Frank-Rutger Hausmann : Review in: IfB 18 (2010), online publication (PDF; 27 KB); to: Josef Thomik (author), Josef Schreier (ed.): National Socialism as a substitute religion: the magazines "Weltliteratur" and "Die Weltliteratur" (1935/1944) as carriers of National Socialist ideology; also a contribution to the Schneider / Schwerte affair , Aachen 2009 (p. 3/4 of the PDF file).
  20. ↑ 1897–1974, see Kåre Bjørgen in Nynorsk Wikipedia
  21. ↑ 1903–1961, see Nicolae I. Herescu in the Romanian language Wikipedia
  22. ↑ 1893–1950, see Ion Sân-Giorgiu in the Romanian language Wikipedia
  23. ↑ 1900–1988, see Einar Malm in the Swedish-language Wikipedia
  24. ↑ 1899–1988, see Ernesto Giménez Caballero in the Spanish-language Wikipedia
  25. ↑ 1907–1975, see Luis Felipe Vivanco in the Spanish language Wikipedia
  26. ↑ Noémi Kiss: Who is Carl Rothe? kakanien (PDF; 225 kB). In 1942 Lőrinc Szabó from Hungary took part
  27. ↑ Dufay, Herbstreise , p. 50
  28. ↑ As part of the (large) German poets 'days that have taken place in Weimar every autumn since 1938, a "European Writers' Association", ESV, was founded on October 24, 1941 at the instigation of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda , as an amalgamation of German and European authors. The association was intended as a counter-association to the London-based PEN Club and was intended to serve the intellectual alignment of a 'New Europe' under National Socialist leadership that spanned mainland Europe. Poets and writers were seen as useful multipliers of NS. The study is based on research in 46 private and public archives and libraries in eleven countries and describes the founding of the ESV, traces the previous tour of Germany by European writers from October 5-23 (or 27), 1941, for advertising purposes, reconstructed the structure and composition of the individual country groups and presents the most important books that were written by the members of the ESV during the period of their membership and that have been translated into German. It also contains information on the foreign cultural policy of National Socialism, the Reichsschrifttumskammer , the history of German publishing and bookshops as well as the history of literature and translation in the participating countries. An attached CD-ROM contains the souvenir album that was given to each participant on the tour of Germany.