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Abstract
In July 2021 Andreas Mytze died in London, where he had lived since the mid nineteen-eighties. Based on his extensive archive as well as his published material this paper offers an assessment of his contribution to Exile Literature and Exile Studies in the various areas in which he was active. As a seller of second-hand books, he sourced exile literature, completed, circulated and published lists of this stock, much of it rare and difficult to obtain. As a publisher he redressed this deficiency by re-publishing rare or forgotten works of exiled authors and offering contemporary authors, particularly those living in Great Britain, an opportunity to place material which held little attraction for conventional publishing houses. Finally, at a time when Exile Studies was in its infancy, as editor of the journal europäische ideen, he used his skills as an investigative journalist to source and publish documents and correspondence which provided scholars in the field with valuable source material.
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to Jane Rosoux for affording me access to Andreas Mytze’s papers before they were transferred to the Deutsches Exilarchiv, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main.
Notes
1 Andreas W. Mytze, Exil-Katalog (London: europäische ideen, 1997); Exil-Katalog 2 (London: europäische ideen, 1998); Exil-Katalog 3 (London: europäische ideen, 2000).
2 Ernst Ottwalt, Schriften (Berlin: europäische ideen, 1976); Ruhe und Ordnung (Berlin: Malik, 1929; Berlin: europäische ideen, 1977); Denn sie wissen was sie tun (Berlin: Malik, 1931; Berlin: europäische ideen, 1977); Deutschland erwache! (Vienna: Hess & Co, 1932; Berlin: europäische ideen, 1977); Andreas W. Mytze, Ottwalt (Berlin: europäische ideen, 1977).
3 Erich Mühsam, Gesamtausgabe, ed. by Günter Emig, 4 vols (Berlin: europäische ideen, 1977–1983); 1 (1983), Gedichte; 2 (1977), Dramen; 3, 4 (1989), Prosa.
4 Ernst Sommer, Revolte der Heiligen (Berlin: europäische ideen/LitPol, 1979).
5 Ernst Sommer, Revolte der Heiligen (Mexico: El Libro Libre, 1944).
6 See Ve˘ra Macháčková-Riegerová, Ernst Sommer: Leben und Werk (Prague: Universita Karlova, 1969), p. 65: cf. Stefan Bauer, Ein böhmischer Jude im Exil: Der Schriftsteller Ernst Sommer [1888–1955] (Munich: Oldenbourg: 1995), p. 213.
7 Kurt Hiller, Rote Ritter. Erlebnisse mit deutschen Kommunisten (Berlin: A.W. Mytze/Fürth: M. Klaussner, 1980).
8 H. G. Adler, Blicke (Berlin, europäische ideen,1979).
9 Eugen M. Brehm, Spätgeburt (Berlin: europäische ideen, 1980).
10 See Brehm, ‘Vorbemerkung’, in Spätgeburt, pp. 5–6 (p. 5); Joachim Pini, letter to Andreas Mytze, 7 July 2010.
11 Buch der Freunde, ed. by W. P. Eckert and W. Unger (Cologne: Wienand, 1975), pp. 129–33.
12 europäische ideen, 43 (1978), 32–34.
13 H. G. Adler, ‘Neun Gedichte aus Theresienstadt’, europäische ideen, 70 (1989), 14–18.
14 Jeremy Adler, ‘Zu den Theresienstadt-Gedichten’, europäische ideen, 70 (1989), 19; cf. Jeremy Adler, ‘H. G. Adler: A Prague Writer in London’, in Keine Klage über England, ed. by Charmian Brinson and others (Munich: iudicium, 1998), pp. 13–30 (pp. 16–22).
15 Joachim Pini, letter to Andreas Mytze, 7 July 2010; Adler had, in fact, been able to place his poems with other publishers, see europäische ideen, 60 (1985), outside back cover.
16 See Rainer Kunze, letter to Andreas Mytze, 6 November 1974, europäische ideen, 56 (1983), 30–31.
17 Londoner Gespräche, europäische ideen, 158 (2020), was the last issue edited by Andreas Mytze; Erich Fried 100, europäische ideen, 159 (2021), edited by Niko Rollmann, appeared posthumously.
18 Rudolf Olden — Peter Olden. Briefe aus den Jahren 1935–1936, europäische ideen, 64 (1987).
19 Charmian Brinson and Marian Malet,‘“A Great and Benevolent Friend”: Letters from an Exile to George Peabody Gooch’, europäische ideen, 109 (1998), 1–26.
20 ‘Briefe an Ernst Sommer’, europäische ideen, 50 (1981), 54–60.
21 See Bauer, Ein böhmischer Jude, pp. 219; 221–23; Jennifer Taylor, ‘Into Exile. Ernst Sommer in London’, in Refugees from the Third Reich in Britain, ed. by Anthony Grenville, The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, 4 (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002), pp. 135–49 (p. 144).
22 Ernst Sommer,‘Aus der Erzählung Revolte der Heiligen’ in Stimmen aus Böhmen, ed. by Paul Reimann and Rudolf Popper (London: Einheit, 1944), pp. 101–08.
23 Ernst Sommer, ‘Revolte der Heiligen’, europäische ideen, 45/46 (1979), 47–49; further correspondence with Friedrich Thieberger about the ending, Ernst Sommer, ‘Briefe an Friedrich Thieberger’, ibid., 50–52.
24 Ernst Sommer, ‘Die Gaskammer’, Einheit, 19 December 1942, 17–19; repr., europäische ideen, 139 (2007), 17–19.
25 H. G. Adler zum 75. Geburtstag, europäische ideen, 60 (1985).
26 Kurt Hiller zum 100. Geburtstag am 17. August 1985, europäische ideen, 61 (1985).
27 Erich Fried 65, europäische ideen, 62 (1986).
28 Proceedings published in Literatur und Kultur des Exils in Großbritannien, ed. by Siglinde Bolbecher and others, Yearbook of the Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, Zwischenwelt 4 (Vienna; Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, 1995); in 1995 the London Research Group for German Exile Studies was relaunched as the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based as the Institute of Germanic Studies at the University of London; currently it is based at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies at that University.
29 Exil in Großbritannien, ed. by Gerhard Hirschfeld, Publications of the German Historical Institute, London, 14 (Stuttgart: Klett/Cotta, 1983).
30 ‘Ein Buch — Zwei Rezensionen: Freimut Schwarz’, europäische ideen, 62 (1986), 32–33 (p. 33).
31 Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove, Politics by Other Means: The Free German League of Culture in London 1939–1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010).
32 See Freimut Schwarz, ‘Selbstbiographie’, europäische ideen, 93 (1995), 2.
33 See Brinson and Dove, Kulturbund, p. 41.
34 K[laus] T[äubert], ‘Freimut Schwarz’, europäische ideen, 87 (1994), 19.
35 Freimut Schwarz, Die Farben der Republik, ed. by Klaus Täubert (London: A. W. Mytze Verlag, 1993).
36 In memoriam Freimut Schwarz, europäische ideen, 93 (1995).
37 Londoner Gespräche, europäische ideen, 158 (2020).
38 Changing Countries, ed. by Marian Malet and Anthony Grenville (London: Libris, 2002).
39 Helen Fry, The King’s Most Loyal Enemy Aliens (Stroud: Sutton, 2007; republished as Churchill’s German Army (Stroud: The History Press, 2010).
40 Rachel Pistol, Internment During the Second World War (London: Bloomsbury, 2017), pp. 46–47, 75–76, 96–97.
41 Niko Rollmann’s introduction to Wayne interview, europäische ideen, 158, 25.
42 ‘Civilian Internment in Britain 1939–1945’. Catalogue and 30 interviews available online: IWM Collections: Imperial War Museums, https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=huyton+camp&pageSize = &media-records = records-with-media, cat no.30638 [accessed 7 January 2023].
43 Peter Wayne, ‘Ich bin immer noch ein Flüchtling’, europäische ideen, 158, 26–36 (p. 27).
44 ‘Im Gespräch mit Erich Fried’, europäische ideen, 159, 27–31 (30).
45 ‘Gespräch mit Erich Fried: Zum 65. Geburtstag am 6. Mai’, europäische ideen, 62, 1–5 (1).
46 See note 26.
47 Comments on ‘Ende einer Emigration’, europäische ideen, 62, 6–8.
48 Ibid., 6.
49 See note 17.
50 Jeremy Adler, email to Jennifer Taylor, 26 January 2023.
51 Ibid.
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Jennifer Taylor
Jennifer Taylor studied German at the Universities of Bristol and London, and at the Freie Universität, Berlin, where she benefitted from a DAAD scholarship. She is a founder member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London. She has published widely in the field of Exile Studies, including the exile press, radio propaganda and internment. A personal acquaintance of Andreas Mytze, she welcomed the opportunity to consult his papers, the basis of the article in this journal, while they were still in London.