[Correspondence regarding 'das Laterndl']

[Correspondence regarding 'das Laterndl'] 

[Correspondence regarding 'das Laterndl'] 

1 electronic resource (33 pages) 

The file contains newspaper reports, critiques and letters regarding the 'Laterndl, Wiener Kleinkunstbühne' (the Lantern). The Lantern was a small theater, founded and run by Austrian exiles in London during World War II. It was connected to the 'Austrian center', the 'Free Austrian Movement' and the 'Interniertenfond'. Opened on June 21st, 1939, it was active throughout the war years, with a break between summer 1940 and 1941, when most of the Austrian refugees were interned. The newspaper reports are published by the 'Zeitspiegel', which was a weekly published newspaper. The newspaper informed the Austrian exiles community about the Nazi scheming and general news, as well as about cultural activities of the Lantern. Also new regulation and future projects concerning the refugees from Austria, as well as information about the the Austrians who are still living in Austria, have been discused. Furthermore theater critiques of the Lantern can be seen, all of them positiv and commendatory. Also letters between Julius Bab and Martin Miller are attached.