Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany — Central Europe

Berthold Brecht House

Bert-Brecht-Gedenkstätte

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 2022

1. Berthold Brecht House Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

In diesem alten Handwerkerhaus wurde am 10. februar 1898 Eugen Berthold Brecht geboren

Die Stadt Augsburg hat dieses Haus erworben und zu ehren des Dichters eine Gedenkstätte errichtet

(English translation:)

Eugen Berthold Brecht was born in this old house on February 10, 1898.

The city of Augsburg bought this house and made it a memorial to honor the poet.

Erected by Stadt Augsburg.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical date for this entry is February 10, 1898.

Location. 48° 22.202′ N, 10° 54.007′ E. Marker is in Augsburg, Bayern (Bavaria). Marker is on Auf dem Rain. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Auf dem Rain 7, Augsburg BY 86150, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Die Stadtmetzg / The Municipal Butcher (within shouting distance of this marker); Johann Gottlieb Klaucke (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Philippine Welser (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Bothmersches Palais

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(approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Pemer-Haus am Kappeneck 17, Augsburg (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Augusta Vindelicum (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Das Römische Augsburg / The Roman Augsburg / Il Augsburg Romano (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Via Claudia Augusta (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Augsburg.

Also see . . . Bertholt Brecht (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, he wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre (which he later preferred to call "dialectical theatre") and the Verfremdungseffekt.… During the Nazi Germany period, Brecht fled his home country, first to Scandinavia, and
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 2022

2. Berthold Brecht House Marker - wide view
during World War II to the United States, where he was surveilled by the FBI. After the war he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Returning to East Berlin after the war, he established the theatre company Berliner Ensemble with his wife and long-time collaborator, actress Helene Weigel.

(Submitted on December 2, 2022.)

Berthold Brecht House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 2022

3. Berthold Brecht House and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 56 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 1, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.