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HERBERT KUHNER Romancier, Lyriker, Dramatiker und Übersetzer ist 1935 in Wien in geboren. Er emigrierte 1939 in die Vereinigten Staaten und studierte an der Lawrenceville School und Columbia University. Nach Wien kehrte er 1963 zurück, wo er als ein freier Schriftsteller und Übersetzer lebt.

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Remigration

Another topic I have “touched upon” is “remigration.” This word is a neologism, which means coming back to where you have been driven out.I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes.

Herbert Kuhner

grew up in the United States, associating with the New York City jazz and coffee scene in the 1950s. ". . .I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes". As a subtitle I’ve chosen “Stepping out of line,” which is a movement my feet can’t seem to avoid making.

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Tomfoolery in the Land of Wicky-Wacky-Woo

According to Church Law it is ethical for a man to infect his whole family with aids, including his children. For it is Mortal Sin to prevent this from happening by the use of condoms….A man who has been infected with aids is justified in cohabiting with his wife. If he uses condoms, he is […]

Michael Guttenbrunner (1919-2004)

Habsburg 1967
Long after, after the catastrophies
his people had experienced,
Habsburg walks through the remnants
and unties the knots.
As he enters the gates of the Republic,
porcelain rattles and silver jingles
in the Hofburg, and a Pannonic swan
wearing spurs climbs to the pulpit.
Lichtentenstein rigidly witnesses the spectacle,
holding a Sudeten glass of Helvetian wine,
and Bohemian camp followers scrape their feet,
giving the […]

No End in Sight

The pernicious spirit of the Third Reich has been channeled into the arts, flowing with great ease, with  no end in sight. The sado-masochistic ideology espouses extreme forms of violence such as pedophilia, rape and murder, including political assassination, and the vilification and killing of cripples. Its advocates operate under the sanctified carapace of art, […]

Harry`s Concert (Excerpt)

Harry Kuhner reads a statement (1948!) by Monsignor Otto Mauer at the occasion of the commemoration ’Reflections’ Otto Mauer, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Vienna.
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Filmed by Fritz Kleibel 1999

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Schuschnigg Prevents Bloodshed

The Federal President has asked me to inform the Austrian people that we will give way to force. We have ordered our armed forces to withdraw without resisting in case the invasion takes place and to await the decisions of the coming hours, for we are not willing to spill German blood at this grave […]

What Else Is New?

Herbert Kuhner
Here’s a quote from a document: ” Do not hesitate to use your firearm, not even when the border is breached in the company of women and children, which is a tactic the traitors have often used”
The document is dated October 1, 1973, and it stems from the Stasi, the East German intelligence organization.
Yes, […]

Comrades at Arms

My Uncles Josef, Ernst, Rudi, Heinrich, Fritz, Ludwig and my father were comrades at arms with the air aces, Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet and Hermann Göring in the Great War. The first two were officers in the cavalry and the other five were officers in the infantry.
There were more Jewish officers proportionally than gentiles, […]

A Wonderful Human Being

There is a wonderful human being who does wonderful things. There was only one thing that the wonderful human being did that wasn’t wonderful. He sent someone, who was anything but wonderful, to Kingdom Come.
What to do! The question is should one turn a blind eye or should justice be done?
If the wonderful human being […]

Leisurely Days Away from Home

Herbert Kuhner
“All I can see is Jews spreading out everywhere.
The Nazis were also fleeced in 1945.”
- Oskar Helmer: Socialist Minister of the Interior, 1945
“The exiles spent the war sitting in their club chairs
instead of suffering for Austria.”
- Leopold Figl, Conservative Chancellor, 1953
“Even if there were room, I doubt that Austria in the […]

Simple Solutions

Herbert Kuhner
“The true heroes of freedom are those who commit crimes run amuck and assassinate. It is only possible for man to realize himself by running amuck, by murder and by assassination….I would be glad if I had the strength to act like the assassins and those who run amuck. These are exceptional human achievements […]

“Recommendations” in Austria (3)

The jury, which is independent of the Municipal Cultural Department has unanimously cast its vote against this book (Der Ausschluss/Memoirs of a 39er)….I feel that I must adhere to that decision.
- Dr. Ursula Pasterk, the Municipal Cultural Coordinator of the City of Vienna
Your behavior is revolting and uncouth. You have a persecution complex.
- Peter Bochskanl, […]

“Recommendations” in Austria (2)

After Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Herbert Kuhner was forced to leave Austria in 1939. In his Memoirs Kuhner presents the balance sheet. His book deals with his experiences after returning to the “new Austria.” In it he describes the incredible chain of intrigue, baseness and calumny that he has encountered. The aspects […]

“Recommendations” in Austria (1)

Herbert Kuhner is an exceedingly weak author who could never represent Austria in any way.
- Wolfgang Kraus, Head of the Austrian Literary Society.
If you are man enough, you will apologize to Dr. Kraus.
- Gregor Woschnagg, Austrian Foreign Office
Kuhner is an insignificant author and will never read on our premises.
- Reinhard Urbach, Austrian Literary Society.
He […]

Creationism

From Advisor in the Sky
If someone believes that the world is five thousand years old, that’s his business,
but a lawmaker who strives to impose the teaching of “Creation”
on our educational system and forbid the teaching of evolution
is an example of what H. L. Mencken termed “Boobus Americanus.”
Representative Tom DeLay: “Give me one example that […]

Words are always a prelude to deeds

Herbert Kuhner
A key quotation by Nitsch: “I no longer intend to place a humane corset on my work.”[91]
In […]

Was für einen herrlicher Schwanz

Der Meister (Nitsch) selbst: „Was hat der Rudi (Schwarzkogler) für einen herrlichen Schwanz. Warum hat er mir nicht seine Leiche vermacht? Dabei hat er ihm Monsignore Mauer eingebrockt, der den Bruder Rudi begraben hat.”[81]
Rudolf Schwarzkogler verübte Selbstmord als die endgültige „Aktion”. Es wird behauptet, daß Schwarzkogler seinen Penis abgeschnitten hat, bevor er sich aus einem […]

We have learned from Hermann Nitsch

We have learned from Hermann Nitsch. We have begun to understand him . . . Now we think more profoundly. […]

” . . . served by wild women.”

Press Conference, Café Landtmann, Vienna, March 1, 2004 by former members of the Commune: “According to the latest information, Otto Mühl began to abuse small children from the ages of four to five in the 1970s. He did this regularly over the years. Such abuse took place at times in front of the Commune Leadership […]

Austrian Cultural Commissar Peter Weibel about Stephan Koren

Austrian Cultural Commissar Peter Weibel about a political figure, who happens to have been a man of integrity: “I […]

„Lieber Herr Bundeskanzler!”

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“Kultur-Alarm”

“. . . We guarantee Nitsch the protection of the state for practicing his profession freely.”
- Dr. Peter Wittmann […]

So richtig die Nazi-Sau „rauslassen.“

Herbert Kuhner
Hier sind Zitate aus dem Film Das Meisterspiel von Lutz Dammbeck, in welchem der 1994 erfolgte und bis […]

Viennese

Viennese actionism can no longer be the basis for dispute in a civilized state; it has been canonized for quite some time and has found its place in museums. Today anyone who opposes actionism simply disqualifies himself. [12]
- Sigrid Löffler, critic
[12] Sigrid Löffler: “Banausie am Balhausplatz,” Profil, No. 39, Sept. 21, 1992, Vienna, p. 11.

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Der Objektkünstler Padhi Frieberger

„Die Nazis haben versucht, die Kunst von außen zu zerstören. Die jetzigen Zerstörer haben sich alles unter den Nagel […]

The new fascism

The new fascism will not declare itself as fascism, but rather as anti-fascism.
- Ignazio Silone

The Specialists

Mühl’s speciality is minors and sex and my speciality is the agonizing torture of animals. . . . I could well envision that murder could be a component of a work of art.[9]
- Hermann Nitsch, actionist

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The Cultural Exodus from Vienna*

(*ed. F. Stadier and P. Weibel)
Herbert Kuhner
In the spring of 1995, an official Austrian exhibit commemorating prominent Austrians who were forced to emigrate was shown at 565 Fifth Avenue in New York. The organizer of the exhibit and co-editor of the accompanying book, The Cultural Exodus from Vienna [117] is Peter Weibel, who is […]

„Ich bin drunten der Dreckige“

„Ich hab keine Feinde. Wer mich nicht liebt, ist ein Psychopath.“ Otto Mühl.
Otto Mühl Interview: „Ich bin drunten der Dreckige“, Die Zeit, 26.02.2004, Nr. 10, Hamburg.
“I  have no enemies. Anyone who doesn’t love me is a  psychopath.”
Interview, Die Zeit, Feb. 26, 2004, Nr.  10, Hamburg.

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Die Moralattackierer

„ . . . die Moralattackierer, die letztlich ein wenig peinlich wirken, wenn sie seit Jahrzehnten mit dem gleichen Kopf gegen die gleiche Wand rennen.“
Rudolf Scholten, Profil Nr. 11, 8. März 2004, S. 147.
” . . . The ‘moral-attackers’ look a bit ridiculous as they bang the same heads against the […]

Ein ehemaliges Mühl-Kommune-Mitglied schreibt an Dr. Falckenberg (Sammler)

Grundlage der Hamburger Schau ist eine Ausstellung, die das MAK Wien unter dem Titel “Otto Mühl. Leben/ Kunst/ Werk. Aktion - Utopie - Malerei 1960-2004″ gezeigt hatte. Hans Schroeder-Rozelle, früheres Kommune-Mitglied, schreibt an den Hamburger Ausstellungs-Initiator Dr. Harald Falckenberg am 11. 6. 2004:
“Es ist völlig unverständlich, daß diese Ausstellung nunmehr komplett in Hamburg gezeigt werden […]