Sorry to intrude, just wanted to throw in a bit of historical facts:
In July 1929 Hugenberg and Hitler formed National Committee for a Referendum against the Young Plan.
Thomas Mann was already then known for his anti-Nazi stance.
Nobel Literature Prize, correct me if I am wrong, was announced in October 1929.
Referendum aiming at introducing Law against the Enslavement of the German People (renouncing the Treaty of Versailles and forbidding cooperation in collecting reparations) was held in December 1929 (low turnout, high approval rate, not successful).
If at all Nobel prize was political (and people in the know say the literature one is on surprisingly not that few occasions), my bet would be on the anti-nazism of Thomas Mann.
As for literature of Thomass Mann, I would agree with Medard
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There is no single work that represents Thomas Mann as an artist.
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