Writing the Lives of Those that Stayed Behind | Georg Hermann’s Long-Lost Exile Novel ‘Die daheim blieben’
Writing the Lives of Those that Stayed Behind | Georg Hermann’s Long-Lost Exile Novel ‘Die daheim blieben’
About the Event In the winter of 1939–40, exiled in the Dutch city of Hilversum, Georg Hermann was working on a novel that he regarded as one of his most important. Entitled Die daheim blieben (Those that Stayed Behind), it was to be composed of four parts and tell the story of a large, diverse...