Women's Role in Organizing Exile Life for German Intellectuals in California During WWII

During World War II, several prominent German-speaking intellectuals, including Franz Werfel, Bertolt Brecht, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, and Berthold Viertel, lived in exile in California. Their wives, who are often overlooked, played crucial roles in managing daily life and logistics in a foreign land. This highlights the significant but underrecognized contributions of women in supporting exiled cultural figures during the war.