House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann

Evelyn Juers

In 1933 the prominent author and political activist Heinrich Mann and his partner Nelly Kroeger were forced to flee Germany, finding refuge in France and later, in great despair, Los Angeles. There Nelly committed suicide in 1944 and Heinrich dies in 1950. Prior to their death they formed a unique cliqu...