From Vienna, Exile Cabaret in NY 1938-1950'

 
in German:
'From Vienna, Exilkabarett in NY 1938-1950'

Project

 

Description

The Austrian Exile Library planned an exhibition on Viennese exile cabaret in New York 1938–1950 for 2002. A troop of actors and musicians from the Vienna cabaret scene including Leon Askin, Elisabeth Neumann, Armin Berg, Karl Farkas, Fritz Spielmann, Jimmy and Trude Berg and many others forced into exile from Austria performed in the Viennese coffee houses of the day in New York. The exhibition remembered the Jewish political cabaret of the Viennese artists in exile.

in German:
Die Österreichische Exilbibliothek plant für Juni 2002 eine Ausstellung zum Wiener Exilkabarett in New York 1938-1950. Eine Truppe SchauspielerInnen und MusikerInnen aus der Wiener Kleinkunstszene, unter Ihnen Leon Askin, Elisabeth Neumann, Armin Berg, Karl Farkas, Fritz Spielmann, Jimmy und Trude Berg und viele andere aus Österreich vertriebene KünstlerInnen, traten in den damaligen Wiener Cafehäusern in New York auf. Die Ausstellung will an das jüdisch-politische Kabarett der Wiener ExilkünstlerInnen erinnern.

Applicant

Austrian Exile Library at the House of Literature

in German:
Österr. Exilbibliothek im Literaturhaus

Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

06 May 2002

Category

Exhibition

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

"Looted gold" Fund

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.

Publications / Media

 

Title

"From Vienna"

Subtitle

Exilkabarett in New York 1938 bis 1950 ; [Begleitbuch zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung der Österreichischen Exilbibliothek im Literaturhaus]

Authors / Editors

Klösch, Christian; Thumser-Wöhs, Regina

Publisher

Picus-Verl.

Location

Wien

Year of Publication

2002

Number of Pages

176

Languages

ger

ISBN

9783854524632