For artists and authors in many countries, censorship and the threat of prison into the everyday: In a totalitarian dictatorship and they are not only regarded with suspicion, but also tracked by the government.
"Art is the daughter of freedom," wrote the poet Friedrich Schiller. Artistic freedom to practice, unfortunately a lot of artists who have to pay dearly: exiled from the country of origin.
"I did not come from anywhere, everywhere a stranger, or a guest," lamented writer Stefan Zweig in 1942. After the Nazis came to power, Zweig was forced to flee to London.
What is the art of exile?
What happened to the artist in exile? How does isolation affect their work? Online Exhibition 'Kunste im Exil,' or Art in Exile, look at this question. Because of this exhibition appears in the form of a virtual collection on the internet, can be enjoyed anywhere at any time.
German cultural history would not be complete without considering the large number of artists in exile between 1933 and 1945.
"Almost all the writers or influential artists left Germany when the Nazis came to power," said Dorte Bischoff, who teaches German literature at the University of Hamburg.
The literature of exile, of any age, has a distinctive character, Bischoff said. "While dictators and totalitarian governments are trying to synchronize the arts, imposing form of art and literature into a form that lysed and homogenized, exile literature is very diverse."
'I have always been in Germany'
Sylvia Asmus who oversees the German Exile Archive 1933-1945 at the German National Library also participated in the exhibition . When asked what kind of exile idea underlying the exhibition , Asmus said, " We do not define it . " However, site visitors have to decide for themselves .
To do this , the site offers a number of entry points - be it through a particular artist biography , a variety of artwork , or seclusion in general .
Personal belongings , letters and works of the artist at the heart of the exhibition. "Things like this can always be updated , and a new reference can be made from any object , so that visitors can slowly feel what it means to exile , " said Asmus .
Above all , the refugees feel loss and helplessness . Nobel -winning novelist , Thomas Mann (1875-1955) , once said that the period of his exile in California " hard to pass. " But at the same time he believes , " Wherever I am , that's Germany . Culture Germany is always there in me . "
When registering to enter the United States , Mann wrote ' the political situation in Europe ' as the reason , referring to the terror of Nazi Germany .
Exile, then and now
Persecution and expulsion is not foreign artists, even today. Because it is also not limited exhibition in 1933-1945. "Sequestration is not a topic of the past, so it is important to consider them from the present," said Sylvia Asmus.
As a result, visitors to the exhibition can see the exiled Chinese writer, Liao Yiwu, who has lived in Germany since 2011, or the Romanian writer Herta Müller-Germany. In the months and years ahead, the exhibition will continue to grow, showing off the story and the fate of artists in exile - especially contemporary artists.
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