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Wolfgang Borchert in Switzerland

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Abstract

Confined to bed with a debilitating illness from November 1945 onwards, the actor Wolfgang Borchert turned to writing and editing as a source of income. Acknowledging that the medical treatment and drugs he could receive in postwar Germany were inadequate, several of his friends took on the task of arranging medical treatment in Switzerland. This article charts the difficulties faced by Borchert’s friends in negotiating his journey to, and stay in, Switzerland with the British, French and Swiss authorities, and casts light on Borchert’s literary activities during the last weeks of his life in Basle
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrossing Frontiers. Cultural Exchange and Conflict
Subtitle of host publicationPapers in Honour of Malcolm Pender
EditorsBarbara Burns, Joy Charnley
Place of PublicationAmsterdam/New York
PublisherRodopi
Pages119-134
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-420-2998-9
ISBN (Print)978-90-420-2997-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

Publication series

NameInternationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft Online
PublisherBrill
Number134
ISSN (Print)1879-646X

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