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Travel & Culture - Germany
  • Studs Terkel continues his interview with Erich Luth in Hamburg discussing the aftermath of the war on Germany's youth. [part 3] [Hamburg]

    1967

    This is Studs third interview with Erich Luth. [part 3] There is a silence in the tape from 3:48 to 3:58 due to Studs changing the tape. It should be noted that the word "clever" in this discussion means intelligent. The interview concludes at 35:36 where Studs offers his reflections on his stay. Luth is the retired Press Chief of Hamburg and has also helped with remunerations for the Jewish people in the aftermath of World War II. He has also facilitated detente between Israel and West Germany.

  • [Ron Ing] and [Rudy Trugho] discuss their world travels while playing music

    Jun. 24, 1959
  • Lisa Fittko in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 28, 1993

    Discussing the book "Solidarity and Treason: Resistance and Exile, 1933-1940" (published by Northwestern University Press) with the author Lisa Fittko.

  • Discussing Klaus Barbie with authors Francine du Plessix Gray and Erhard Dabringhaus

    Mar. 1, 1984
  • Muriel Gardiner discusses her books "Code Name Mary" and "The Deadly Innocents"

    Nov. 26, 1984

    Discussing the books "Code Name 'Mary': Memoirs of an American Woman in the Austrian Underground" (published by Yale University Press) and "The Deadly Innocents: Portraits of Children Who Kill" (Basic Books, reprint by Yale University Press) with the author Muriel Gardiner.

  • Discussing tuba playing and tuba building with Sam Pilafian and Gerhard Meinl

    Aug. 30, 1991
  • Interviewing Wagenbach editor and Green Party member, Thomas Schmid

    Sep. 1, 1986
  • Werner Burkhardt

    Werner Burkhardt German jazz critic and translator speaks with Studs in Hamburg, Germany.

    Mar. 1, 1967

    Werner Burkhardt, German music journalist, critic, and translator, discusses his life and work with Studs. Mr Burkhardt speaks about his life during the time of Adolph Hitler, the Hitler Youth, and World War II. They end the interview talking about Jazz in Munich, a recording of "My Man" by Billie Holiday closes the interview.

  • Frederick Ritter

    Frederick Ritter discuss Bertolt Brecht

    May. 3, 1962

    Studs Terkel and Frederick Ritter discuss the life and work of playwright Bertolt Brecht, the genre of epic theater, and more.

  • Sir Georg Solti talks with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 1, 1995

    Studs engages the former Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor, Sir Georg Solti, in a wide-ranging conversation about his life and career. From his early studies in Budapest with Béla Bartók, his string of good-luck opportunities before, during, and after World War II, meeting Toscanini in Lucerne, and starting on top conducting in Frankfurt, London, and finally Chicago. He discusses his many German and European musical influences and contemporaries, and stresses the importance of education, arts funding, and hard work.

  • Stephanie Barron

    Interview with Stephanie Barron

    Jun. 1, 1991

    Discussing the book "Degenerate Art: the Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany," (published by H. N. Abrams) with the author and editor Stephanie Barron.

  • Ursula Bender

    Interview with Ursula Bender, Holger Klaus, and Peter Schneider

    1980
  • Ursula Bender

    Interview with Ursula Bender

    1986
  • William L. Shirer

    William L. Shirer discusses his book "The Collapse of the Third Republic"

    1970

    William L. Shirer discusses his book "The Collapse of the Third Republic". Shirer talks about the fall of the third republic of France. Shirer also discusses World War II Europe.

  • Eric Lüth

    Interview with Eric Lüth ; part 3

    1968

    Interviewing Eric Lüth while Studs was in Germany.

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