Reports and Lectures presented here illustrate contributions that
Raoul Auernheimer (born Vienna 1876-died Oakland, California 1948)
made in exile to assist the postwar recovery of Austria. The
reports on Austrian writers enabled American authorities (OSS --
Office of Strategic Services) to identify those authors who could
be relied upon to help with the revival of Austrian literature to
its former prominence. Through his long association with the PEN
Club in Vienna along with his position as theater commentator and
reviewer for the leading Austrian newspaper, the "Neue Freie
Presse," Auernheimer was the logical choice for this task. In the
many lectures that he delivered in exile Auernheimer aimed to
familiarize Americans with Austrians and Austrian literature, life
and culture to differentiate them from the Germans and plead for
different treatment for his countrymen after the war. He lectured
to widely varied audiences at literary groups, universities and
churches as well as to Navy Men in San Francisco and Army troups at
Monterey preparing for occupation duty in Austria. His advocacy of
European unity and globalization to prevent future wars make these
texts as relevant today as when they were written.
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