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January 10, 2004

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Frankfurt, Germany, July 24, 1949: Author Thomas Mann (right) engages in a lively discussion at a gathering in Frankfurt, where he was to deliver a lecture on Goethe and accept a literary prize. Mann, an ardent anti-fascist and winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for literature (in great part for his novel, Buddenbrooks), was one of the many talented Germans driven out of the country with the rise of the Nazis. His 1948 novel, Doctor Faustus, was a commentary on the path taken by Germany under Hitler. Mann, whose other works include Death in Venice, became a U.S. citizen and taught at Princeton, but during the McCarthy era of anti-communism he moved to Switzerland, where he died in 1955.

RELATED MATERIAL
ś Click here to read Stripes' story about Mann's visit to Frankfurt.
ś Click here to read Mann's autobiographical sketch from the Nobel site.
ś Click here to view some FBI files on Mann, released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Past photos of the day

January, 2004
January 9, 2004: Roy Orbison, onstage at RAF Mildenhall, 1982 (With story)
January 8, 2004: President and Mrs. Reagan arrive in London, 1982 (With stories)
January 7, 2004: On the set during the filming of "Dr. Zhivago," 1965 (With story and additional photos)
January 6, 2004: A Chinook helicopter is lifted away by another copter, 1981 (With additional photos)
January 5, 2004: Comedian Chico Marx, on his way to perform for the troops, 1949 (With story)
January 4, 2004: Sen. Barry Goldwater in Saigon, 1969 (With story)
January 3, 2004: Liza Minnelli in concert, 1987 (With story)
January 2, 2004: Actor Ernest Borgnine visits the troops in Germany, 1979 (With story)
January 1, 2004: Bono, on stage at the U2 Festival, 1987 (With story)

December, 2003
December 31, 2003: Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler's finance minister, on trial, 1947 (With story)
December 30, 2003: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower with German children, 1951
December 29, 2003: Wimbledon champ Boris Becker's homecoming, 1985 (With story, additional photos)
December 28, 2003: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart on their way to Berlin, 1959
December 27, 2003: Songwriter Irving Berlin, 1948
December 26, 2003: USS Wisconsin fires one of its 16-inch guns, 1990 (With stories)
December 25, 2003: On patrol in Vietnam at Christmastime, 1967 (With stories)
December 24, 2003: Bob Hope's Christmas show at Yokota Air Base, 1972 (With stories)
December 23, 2003: Author Ralph Ellison, 1954 (With story)
December 22, 2003: The Cold War is put aside for a few minutes of socializing, 1958 (With story)
December 21, 2003: Architect R. Buckminster Fuller, 1962 (With story)
December 20, 2003: Yoko Ono, on tour to promote her new album, 1986 (With story)
December 19, 2003: Vice President Richard Nixon in Morocco, 1957 (With story and additional photos)
December 18, 2003: Sammy Davis Jr. in London, 1964 (With story)
December 17, 2003: Combat training at Wildflecken, Germany, 1982 (With additional photos)
December 16, 2003: Leonard Bernstein conducts the N.Y. Philharmonic (With story and additional photos)
December 15, 2003: Actress Joan Crawford on hte way to the Berlin film festival, 1959 (With story)
December 14, 2003: Gen. Alexander Haig talks with troops at a training site, 1976 (With story)
December 13, 2003: Singer (and former military brat) John Denver, 1979 (With story)
December 12, 2003: Soviet and Chinese delegates to Geneva talks, 1954 (With stories)
December 11, 2003: Comedian Jack Benny plays the violin, 1948 (With story)
December 10, 2003: Author John Steinbeck and his wife, on their way home, 1963 (With story)
December 9, 2003: Mortar crew during Operation Pipestone Canyon in Vietnam, 1969 (With stories)
December 8, 2003: Former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, 1969 (With story)
December 7, 2003: Sir Winston Churchill reviews his old regiment, 1956 (With story)
December 6, 2003: Readying supplies for Kurdish refugees, 1991
December 5, 2003: Berlin Brigade troops in urban warfare training, 1972 (With story)
December 4, 2003: Anthropologist Margaret Mead, 1972 (With story)
December 3, 2003: Audience at a Bill Haley and his Comets show, 1958 (With additional photos)
December 2, 2003: Rhodes scholars from U.S. service academies at Oxford, 1959 (With story)
December 1, 2003: Jim Henson brings the Muppets to Germany, 1987 (With story)

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