Fascinated with works of Sigmund Freud, Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, biographer and one of the most popular writers of the 1920s. Protesting against Hitlerism, together with his wife he left Europe and moved to Brazil. Depressed about the situation on the old continent, the pair committed suicide in 1942. Zweig saw Europe as a lasting community of culture and values.
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