Did you know that Thomas Mann was actually American? I was surprised to find that out in NYTimes Obituary
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene...bday/0606.html
Quote:
The author's seventieth birthday was marked in June, 1945, by a dinner in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Prominent Americans eulogized him while the author himself turned his address of thanks into tribute to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In an editorial, "Thomas Mann, American," The New York Times said upon the occasion:
"Thomas Mann knew well where freedom lay; he had the courage to make his choice and gave his full allegiance to this new land."
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