Hertha Pauli
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Hertha Pauli was an Austrian journalist, author and actress.
, the daughter of the feminist Bertha Schütz and the medical scientist Wolfgang Pauli. Her brother was the Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli
.
From 1927 to 1933 she played different small roles at the Max Reinhardt
Theatre in Berlin and was allied with Ödön von Horváth
. From 1933 to 1938 she lived in Vienna, edited the “Österreichische Korrespondenz“ and published biographical novels, for example about the feminist Bertha von Suttner
.
After the Anschluss
she emigrated to France. In Paris she belonged to the circle of Joseph Roth
, knew the American journalist Eric Sevareid
, and wrote for Resistance. In 1940, after the Nazis occupied France, she fled with the writer Walter Mehring
through Marseilles, the Pyrenees and Lisbon. With the aid of Varian Fry
and the Emergency Rescue Committee, she made her way to the United States.
After her arrival in America she described her flight in the journal Aufbau
. In the following years she wrote books about Alfred Nobel
and the Statue of Liberty
. Her books for children, in particular, had some success. These books included "Silent Night
. The Story of a Song" (1943), in which she explained the origin of the carol. She married Ernst Basch (pen name E.B. Ashton), with whom she had collaborated on "I Lift My Lamp." Her last book was autobiographical and described the time after the Nazi's union with France. She died in Long Island, New York.
Biography
Hertha Ernestine Pauli was born in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the daughter of the feminist Bertha Schütz and the medical scientist Wolfgang Pauli. Her brother was the Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after being nominated by Albert Einstein, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contribution through his discovery of a new law of Nature, the exclusion principle or...
.
From 1927 to 1933 she played different small roles at the Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt
----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Theatre in Berlin and was allied with Ödön von Horváth
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
. From 1933 to 1938 she lived in Vienna, edited the “Österreichische Korrespondenz“ and published biographical novels, for example about the feminist Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, and the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.-Biography:Suttner was born in Prague, Bohemia, the daughter of an impoverished Austrian Field Marshal,...
.
After the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
she emigrated to France. In Paris she belonged to the circle of Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth , was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job as well as the seminal essay 'Juden auf Wanderschaft' translated in...
, knew the American journalist Eric Sevareid
Eric Sevareid
Arnold Eric Sevareid was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents—dubbed "Murrow's Boys"—because they were hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow....
, and wrote for Resistance. In 1940, after the Nazis occupied France, she fled with the writer Walter Mehring
Walter Mehring
Walter Mehring was a German author and one of the most prominent satirical authors in the Weimar Republic. He was banned during the Third Reich, and fled the country.-Biographical:...
through Marseilles, the Pyrenees and Lisbon. With the aid of Varian Fry
Varian Fry
Varian Mackey Fry was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped approximately 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.-Early life:...
and the Emergency Rescue Committee, she made her way to the United States.
After her arrival in America she described her flight in the journal Aufbau
Aufbau
Aufbau is a journal for German-speaking Jews around the globe. It was founded in 1934 and is a member of Internationale Medienhilfe . Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Stefan Zweig wrote for the publication. Until 2004 it was published in New York...
. In the following years she wrote books about Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...
and the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
. Her books for children, in particular, had some success. These books included "Silent Night
Silent Night
"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
. The Story of a Song" (1943), in which she explained the origin of the carol. She married Ernst Basch (pen name E.B. Ashton), with whom she had collaborated on "I Lift My Lamp." Her last book was autobiographical and described the time after the Nazi's union with France. She died in Long Island, New York.
Works
- Toni. Ein Frauenleben für Ferdinand Raimund, 1936
- Nur eine Frau. Bertha von Suttner, 1937
- Alfred Nobel, Dynamite King, Architect of Peace, 1942
- Silent Night. The Story of a Song", 1943
- Story of the Christmas Tree, 1944
- St. Nicholas Travels, 1946
- I Lift my Lamp, The Way of a Symbol, 1948
- The Golden Door, 1949
- Three Is a Family, 1955
- Bernadette and the Lady, 1956
- Her Name Was Sojourner Truth
- The Secret of Sarajevo: The Story of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, 1966
- Break of Time, 1972
Literature
- Between Sorrow and Strength: Women Refugees of the Nazi Period, edited by Sibylle Quack, David Lazar, Christof Mauch. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Marino, Andy, American Pimpernel: The Man who Saved the Artists on Hitler's Death List. Hutchinson, 1999.
- Pfanner, Helmut F., Exile in New York: German and Austrian Writers After 1933. Wayne State University Press, 1983.
- Stern, Guy, 'Hertha Pauli'. In: Stern, Guy, Literatur im Exil, Bd.2. Ismaning 1989.
External links
- "Eine Brücke über den Riss der Zeit...". Das Leben und Wirken der Journalistin und Schriftstellerin Hertha Pauli
- The German and Jewish intellectual émigré collection of the university at Albany: (The German and Jewish intellectual émigré collection)