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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.

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Remarkable People

On the road I have traveled, I have met many remarkable people. First I name my friend and mentor the late Emile Capouya. “Mike” encouraged me over the years and published two of my books in New York.

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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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Returning to my birthplace has given me a unique opportunity of writing on Third Reich Revisionism. This topic interlinks with Violence under the Guise of Art like pieces of a puzzle to reveal how the past manifests itself in the present.

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A Career

There was an actor
who was a member of the Nazi Party,
who acted in propaganda films
and denounced colleagues to the Gestapo,
causing them to be deported and executed,
and who continued his career after the war
with not one word of regret.

Said actor was used onstage
by Austria’s top dramatist
and Germany’s top director of drama
to expose Nazi thought and spirit
as manifested in present-day society
and pillory personalities who carry on
in the tradition of  the Third Reich.

This was by no means opportunism,
rather there was “method in this madness.”
Wasn’t it simply a stroke of genius
to use a Nazi bat to batter Nazi heads?

Eine Karriere

Es gab einen Schauspieler,
der ein NS-Parteibuch hatte,
in Propagandafilmen spielte
und Kollegen bei der Gestapo denunzierte,
die dann im Lager ermordet worden sind.
Der Schauspieler spielte auch weiter,
nachdem der Krieg vorbei war,
ohne irgendeine Reue zu zeigen.

Österreichs größter Dramatiker
und Deutschlands größter Theaterdirektor
bauten den  Schauspieler auf,
um Nazi-Gedankengut
in der heutigen Gesellschaft,
und Persönlichkeiten, die es verbreiten,
auf der Bühne anzuprangern.

Dies hat überhaupt nichts
mit Opportunismus zu tun.
Ist es nicht einfach genial,
einen Nazi-Knüppel zu verwenden,
um auf Nazi-Köpfe zu hauen?

© by Herbert Kuhner

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