The Casa Stefan Zweig is legally regarded as a private charitable organisation, which was founded in 2006 by a group of interested private donors, to establish a writer's house museum, that is dedicated to the author, in the last residence of

Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig ( ; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Zweig was raised in V ...

and his wife in

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Background

The house, in which

and his second wife Lotte resided for 5 months until their joint suicide in February 1942 and where the author had revised his autobiography '' Die Welt von Gestern'' and drafted '' Schachnovelle'' and his essays about

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, was bought by the association "Casa Stefan Zweig" and the architect Miguel Pinto Guimarães was commissioned with the renovation and the redesign of the house into a museum. The museum is dedicated to the author. He, like other artists, scholars, and scientists from Europe had fled to

, due to the

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takeover in Germany. The museum will accommodate a library as well as a conference hall. Along with exhibitions, conferences, competitions, theater and cinema performances, readings and concerts, cooperations with partner organisations like the Internationale Stefan Zweig Gesellschaft, are also planned. Scientists as well as the general public should have the opportunity, to retrieve online information about Zweig, his work and his literature written in exile. They should furthermore have the opportunity to contribute their own ideas. For this purpose, a bilingual web page will be created by the Casa Stefan Zweig, which will be updated constantly. The First

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of the association Casa Stefan Zweig is the Brazilian journalist and Stefan Zweig biographer, Alberto Dines. He was honored for his work and was awarded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (AHMA) which was founded/established by the

Austrian Service Abroad The Austrian Service Abroad () is a non-profit organization funded by the Austrian government which sends young Austrians to work in partner institutions worldwide serving Holocaust commemoration in form of the Austrian Memorial Service, support ...

in 2006. Since February 2008 the first Austrian Holocaust Memorial Servant has served within the framework of the

Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service ''Gedenkdienst'' is a concept in Austria aimed at young people to face and take responsibility for the darkest chapters of the country's history while being financially supported by Austrian government. Founded in Austria in 1992 by Andreas M ...

at the association Casa Stefan Zweig.

References

Internationale Stefan Zweig Gesellschaft (in German)

External links

Casa Stefan Zweig (English)
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