Language:
German
Pages:
443
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1953
Keywords:
Barnay, Paul
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Emigration and immigration.
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Families.
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Actors.
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Theatrical producers and directors.
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Theater Biography.
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Theater Biography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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World War, 1914-1918.
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Berlin (Germany)
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Wrocław (Poland)
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Katowice (Poland)
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Hungary.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
This memoir was written after 1945. In it, Paul Barnay describes his family history. His grandfather came from Slovakia and moved to Budapest in the early 19th century. Paul's father studied medicine and moved to Vienna. Paul Barnay's mother, Ilka Barnay, was a pianist and a writer. Paul was born after her second marriage in 1882. His parents converted to Christianity in order to legalize their marriage. Ilka Barnay was a talented woman who supported her husband with translations and piano lessons. Theater and cultural events were very important for the family, and Paul Barnay also describes enjoying playing soccer. He also recounts some experiences with anti-semitism.First experiences of anti-Semitism, and difficulties with his classmates due to his convert status. In 1903 Paul moved to Berlin, where he stayed with his uncle, the theater director Ludwig Barnay. Paul was an acting student at the "Reicher'sche Hochschule fuer dramatische Kunst". During this period he had several romances, and also fell into discord with his uncle. . After being in a number of productions, Paul was promoted to a position at the court theater in Neustrelitz.. From here he became a director of a play in Regensburg. His success in the theater world increased, and he began to travel with productions. In 1914 Paul married his long-time fiancé Lina and both were offered positions at a theater in Bremen. During World War I Paul served with the German military. Paul experienced the cultural life of Vienna, and met both Peter Altenberg and Anton Kuh. At the end of the war in 1918 he found a position as a theater director in Kattowitz. He directly experienced and describes in his memoir the Revolution of 1919, and the following integration of Silesia into Poland. He took a position as director in Breslau in 1921. His professional success increased throughout the Weimar period, and he received many offers from theaters across Germany for work.
Abstract:
When the Nazis seized power in 1933, Paul was arrested and then forced to resign from his theater in 1933. He fled first to Austria, and then to Hungary in 1938. He describes his life as a refugee, and the increasing threat of anti-Semitism in Hungary. With the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, Paul was forced into the Budapest Ghetto and had to submit to forced labor. He survived by going into hiding. Upon his liberation in 1945 he went to Vienna. In Vienna he received a position as a director of the "Volkstheater."
Abstract:
The following persons are mentioned here:
Abstract:
Altenberg, Peter; Barnay, Ludwig, 1842-1924; Bloch, Max; Bruckner, Ferdinand, 1891-1958; Friedell, Egon, 1878-1938; Gold, Kaethe, 1907-1997; Hauptmann, Gerhard, 1862-1946; Horthy de Nagybánya, Miklós, 1868-1957; Jaffe, Arthur; Jalowetz, Heinrich; Kainz, Josef, 1858-1910; Kuh, Anton, 1890-1941; Loewe, Theodor; Lueger, Karl, 1844-1910; Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911; Matkowski, Adalbert, 1857—1909; Ophuels, Max, 1902-1957; Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943; Schwarzwald, Eugenie, 1872-1940; Sonnenthal, Adolf von, 1834-1909; Stasny, Paul; Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918; Winterstein, Eduard von, 1871-1961; Zuckmayer, Carl, 1896-1977.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
German
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1289755&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
