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Born and educated in London (University College London), B.A. Hons. in German and French. Dr. phil. Univ. Tübingen.
Tenured position Universität des Saarlandes until 1992, then tenured position Technische Universität Darmstadt until 2007. Books: Faust in der DDR (1987), Alfred Kerr: Die Biographie Rowohlt Verlag 2016. Edited two volumes of the Alfred Kerr-Ausgabe Sucher und Selige 2009 and Das war meine Zeit 2013 and also Alfred Kerr Was ist der Mensch in Berlin 2017 and a three volume edition of Hermann Sinsheimer's works: (Quintus-Verlag Berlin, 2013-2020): Gelebt im Paradies (2013), Shylock und andere Schriften zu jüdischen Themen (2017) and Was ich lebte was ich sah (2020). 2021: Publication of Alfred Kerr's Berliner Plauderbriefe for the Königsberger Allgemeine Zeitung 1897-1922 in "Berlin wird Berlin, Wallstein Verlag. Other publications on the 18th century, on Goethe, translation of exile novels, Yiddish in English, Elsa Bernstein, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans Fallada, Gerhart Hauptmann, exile literature (Elisabeth Castonier, Lion Feuchtwanger, Anna Gmeyner, Oskar Maria Graf, Eva Ibbotson, Alfred Kerr, Judith Kerr, Heinrich Mann, Ruth Rewald, Adam Scharrer, Hermynia Zur Mühlen, Arnold Zweig, children's literature by exile authors) Shoah studies and concentration camp diaries. Editor of The Legacy of Exile (1998) Editor of the series “Jüdische Bibliothek” and “Exil–Dokumente“ Editor of of Alfred Kerr's works (S. Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt) 1991–6: Vice President of the International Arnold Zweig Society 1996–2002: President of the International Arnold Zweig Society Since 2006: Member of P.E.N. Centre of German – speaking Writers Abroad 2016: Author of Alfred Kerr - Die Biographie, Rowohlt Verlag, Berlin, publication date: 21st September 2016. Since May 2017: President of Alfred Kerr Foundation |