Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
From literary stardom to political controversy across continents — hear Lion Feuchtwanger’s story on our podcast. 🎧 EXILE Episode 30: Lion Feuchtwanger: From Moscow to Hollywood
lbi.org/projects/podcast
In 1933, Lion Feuchtwanger wrote the first ever novel about the experience of Jews under Hitler. The book became a global sensation. When he finally received an offer in 1938 to adapt his most popular book for the screen in Stalin’s Russia, he jumped at the chance. The film was a success, but the decision would come to haunt him when he lived in California during the Red Scare.
The Lion Feuchtwanger Collection in the LBI Archives contains a small amount of original correspondence, manuscripts for a translation of Lysistrata, and an essay on the historical consciousness of the Jews. Lion Feuchtwanger also appears in the extensive papers of his brother Ludwig, which are held by the LBI Archives.
Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and @anticaproductions. It’s narrated by Joshua Malina @joshmalinasjoshmalina.
This episode was written by Joanne O’Sullivan.
Our executive producers are Laura Regehr and Stuart Coxe.
Our producer is Emily Morantz.
Research and translation by Isabella Kempf.
Voice acting by Cyrus Lane and Adi Braun.
Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson.
Theme music by Oliver Wickham.
This episode of Exile is made possible in part by a grant from @claims_conference the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future. #exile #podcast #hityorypodcast #jewishhistory
📸 A photograph of Lion Feuchtwanger, Los Angeles, CA. Date unknown. Leo Baeck Institute.
đź“• Die Geschwister Oppermann, 1935, Lion Feuchtwanger
📸 The Weinberger Brothers operated a successful Berlin butter business in Berlin. Like the Oppermann family in the novel, they lived a successful, bourgeoise life in Germany at the time Hitler took power. This photograph shows the borthers in a formal studio pose in the 1920s. Leo Baeck Institute.
📸 Lion Feuchtwanger (1933), public domain
🖼️ A poster advertising the film The Oppenheim Family, 1938. Mosfilm Production Studios.
📸 Lion Feuchtwanger, Leo Baeck Institute Photos (F 2153B)
🖼️ Portrait of Lion Feuchtwanger. Susanne Carvallo-Schülein 1883-1972, LBI Objects & Art Collection
From literary stardom to political controversy across continents — hear Lion Feuchtwanger’s story on our podcast. 🎧 EXILE Episode 30: Lion Feuchtwanger: From Moscow to Hollywood
lbi.org/projects/podcast
In 1933, Lion Feuchtwanger wrote the first ever novel about the experience of Jews under Hitler. The book became a global sensation. When he finally received an offer in 1938 to adapt his most popular book for the screen in Stalin’s Russia, he jumped at the chance. The film was a success, but the decision would come to haunt him when he lived in California during the Red Scare.
The Lion Feuchtwanger Collection in the LBI Archives contains a small amount of original correspondence, manuscripts for a translation of Lysistrata, and an essay on the historical consciousness of the Jews. Lion Feuchtwanger also appears in the extensive papers of his brother Ludwig, which are held by the LBI Archives.
Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and @anticaproductions. It’s narrated by Joshua Malina @joshmalinasjoshmalina.
This episode was written by Joanne O’Sullivan.
Our executive producers are Laura Regehr and Stuart Coxe.
Our producer is Emily Morantz.
Research and translation by Isabella Kempf.
Voice acting by Cyrus Lane and Adi Braun.
Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson.
Theme music by Oliver Wickham.
This episode of Exile is made possible in part by a grant from @claims_conference the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future. #exile #podcast #hityorypodcast #jewishhistory
📸 A photograph of Lion Feuchtwanger, Los Angeles, CA. Date unknown. Leo Baeck Institute.
đź“• Die Geschwister Oppermann, 1935, Lion Feuchtwanger
📸 The Weinberger Brothers operated a successful Berlin butter business in Berlin. Like the Oppermann family in the novel, they lived a successful, bourgeoise life in Germany at the time Hitler took power. This photograph shows the borthers in a formal studio pose in the 1920s. Leo Baeck Institute.
📸 Lion Feuchtwanger (1933), public domain
🖼️ A poster advertising the film The Oppenheim Family, 1938. Mosfilm Production Studios.
📸 Lion Feuchtwanger, Leo Baeck Institute Photos (F 2153B)
🖼️ Portrait of Lion Feuchtwanger. Susanne Carvallo-Schülein 1883-1972, LBI Objects & Art Collection
