Barbara Bronnen
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Barbara Bronnen
Barbara Bronnen was born in Berlin in 1938. Her family left the bombed city in 1942, as her father had become a persona non grata in the national socialist state. She grew up in Bad Goisern and Linz and studied German philology and obtained a PhD in philosophy in Munich. She began working as a journalist and freelance writer in 1970. Barbara Bronnen died on August 8, 2019.
Barbara Bronnen was born in Berlin in 1938. Her family left the bombed city in 1942, as her father had become a persona non grata in the national socialist state. She grew up in Bad Goisern and Linz and studied German philology and obtained a PhD in philosophy in Munich. She began working as a journalist and freelance writer in 1970. Barbara Bronnen died on August 8, 2019.
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Year of Publication: 2012
Barbara BronnenYear of Publication: 2012
My Fathers
Betrayal, feud, silence, and secrets – the true story of a Jewish-Austrian family of writers.
Growing up, Barbara Bronnen didn’t know her grandfather, Dr. Ferdinand Bronner, who under the pseudonym Franz Adamus was one of the first naturalist dramatists. Her father, Arnolt Bronnen, not only denied kinship to Bronner, but claimed for his father a certain Pastor...
Growing up, Barbara Bronnen didn’t know her grandfather, Dr. Ferdinand Bronner, who under the pseudonym Franz Adamus was one of the first naturalist dramatists. Her father, Arnolt Bronnen, not only denied kinship to Bronner, but claimed for his father a certain Pastor...