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  • Title: Franz Schoenberner papers
    Date (inclusive): 1899-1970
    Collection Number: 72020
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In German and English
    Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 1 phonotape reel (2.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings and correspondence, relating to German literature, national socialism in Germany, and anti-Nazi German émigré life
    Creator: Schoenberner, Franz, 1892-1970

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1972.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Franz Schoenberner Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Schoenberner, Franz, 1892-1970

    1892, December 18 Born, Berlin, Germany
    1929-1933 Editor, Simplicissimus, German satirical magazine
    1933 Fled to France, Commune de Roquebrune-Cap Martin
    1941 Emigrated to the United States
    1943 Editor, Office of War Information
    1946 Confessions of a European Intellectual (autobiography)
    1949 The Inside Story of an Outsider (sequel to autobiography)
    1951 Assaulted, almost completely paralyzed
    1957 You Still Have Your Head: Excursions of Immobility
    1965 First return to Germany
    1968 Der Weg der Vernunft und andere Aufsaetze (Published and unpublished writings by Schoenberner, 1933ff., including Family Portraits.)
    1970 Died, New Jersey

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    World War, 1939-1945 -- France
    Journalists
    Anti-Nazi movement
    Refugees
    National socialism
    Germany -- Emigration and immigration
    Germany -- History -- 20th century
    Simplicissimus.
    Germany -- Intellectual life
    Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei