New York : Starling Press, 1939
Using eyewitness accounts collected by the Wiener Library, Konrad Heiden writes a detailed account of 'Kristallnacht' and the days of violence that followed. Using this account, he gives a clear and careful interpretation of the Nazi blueprint for the ultimate extermination of the Jews in Germany, taken partly from the writings and edicts of Nazi officials. Heiden concludes that the treatment of the Jews in Germany was not an accident, but part of a much larger plan by the Nazis.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1939
'Escape to Life' tells the story of German exiles across the world. Based upon first-hand knowledge and personal interviews, it gives an intimate and dramatic picture of life in exile. The authors aim was to "describe in a graphic manner not individual persons banished for one reason or another, but rather an entire complex culture - the true German culture that has at all times been a creative part of world culture - now the victim of Nazi fanaticism."
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Washington, D.C. : Dulaun Press, 1937
Recounting the years 1930-1935 through the lives of two Jewish students in Germany, the book gives a vivid insight into the battles between Nazis and communists at Frankfurt university, including fights, book burning and aryanisation. The events are based on the experiences of the author, Dunner and his first wife Ada Bier. Dunner had to flee to Switzerland in 1933 and moved to the US in 1935. The book is signed by the author.
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Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1939
A Penguin Special published in 1939 to counter the anti-refugee sentiment held in parts of British society. The authors, a Labour MP and a social activist, criticise the restrictive policy of the Government and systematically disprove economic and political reasons for it. They clearly advocate a "policy of mercy, magnanimity, far-sighted statesmanship which will add to our welfare, security and power and enhance the nobility of our tradition."
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London : Allen & Unwin, 1940
Irmgard Litten was the mother of Hans Litten, a well-known anti-fascist lawyer. Her son was one of the first to be arrested after the Reichstag fire in 1933. Imprisoned and tortured in no less than 6 prisons and concentration camps, Hans committed suicide in Dachau in 1938. The book recounts the author's courageous campaign to get her son released. The Wiener Library also holds many of the letters written by mother and son on microfilm.
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