Albert Ehrenstein ( December 23, 1886 to April 8 1950) was a German writer, born in Vienna and dying in exile in New York City. Oscar Kokoschka illustrated some of his poetry. Among the works of his the Nazis burned are probably these titles:
The suicide of a hangover, (1912)
The white time, (1914)
The man yells, (1916)
Not there, not here (1916)
The red time, (1917)
The murdered brothers, (1919)
Karl Kraus, (1920)
Humans and apes,1926 (a collection of essays)
This is a brief part of a a longer list.
Ehrenstein managaged to stay out of Germany during the 1930s and got to New York in 1941. Before this haven was reached, one of his many artist and writer friends mentioned that Ehrenstein had a tomcat named Lio.
He got a residence permit in the United States because Thomas Mann and George Grosz among others helped him. Though he learned English he needed help from Grosz and others to supplement the small amount he received for writing newspaper articles. He died in extreme poverty.
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