Susanne Bach

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Susanne Bach (born Eisenberg; born January 29, 1909 in Munich ; † February 10, 1997 there ) was a German writer and bookseller .

Life

Susanne Eisenberg, daughter of Jewish parents, completed her studies in Romance languages in 1932 and lived in France from 1933. In 1940 she was interned in the Gurs internment camp.

Through the agency of the Becher couple , she was accepted into the so-called Görgen group, which was able to flee from Switzerland to Brazil via France, Spain and Portugal. Susanne Bach joined the group in Lisbon. Upon arriving in Rio de Janeiro on May 11, 1941 , the group had to overcome bureaucratic obstacles to stay in Brazil. Then she traveled on to Juiz de Fora , where Hermann Mathias Görgen had obtained ID cards for the group. The majority then returned to Rio de Janeiro.

“I only had $ 30 in my pocket and was six months pregnant. The child's father, a Frenchman, stayed in France. (…) I always found work because I had learned Romance languages, including Spanish. It was easy to learn Portuguese that way. I worked as a secretary in companies "

- she told Izabela Kestler in an interview

Since Bach was able to fall back on experience as a bookseller, she founded the first international bookshop in Rio de Janeiro after the war. She was also the first researcher to collect works in exile published in Brazil. The collection is located in the German Library in Frankfurt am Main. Bach also published several articles in compilations and magazines about writers in exile in Brazil.

In 1983 she returned to Munich, where she died in 1997. In her autobiography Carousel. From Munich to Munich she reports on her experiences in exile as well as on her long stay in Brazil.

Works

  • A la recherche d'un monde perdu. Centro the Ed. Francesas, Rio de Janeiro 1944.
  • The child can save my marriage. Marken, Cologne 1971.
  • When I saw you with the other one ... Marken, Cologne 1973.
  • Will dad stay with us now? Marken, Cologne 1973.
  • You gave me the first kiss. Marken, Cologne 1973.
  • Carousel. From Munich to Munich. Women in One World, Nuremberg 1991.
  • Borderline situations in Peter Shaffer's dramas. Peter Lang 1992

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personal data
SURNAME Bach, Susanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisenberg, Susanne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1997
Place of death Munich