Manfred George came to this country in 1939. At that time he could already look back on a distinguished career in his native Germany as an author. novelist and. above all. a journalist. Forced to leave Germany because of his implacable enmity to Nazism. he settled briefly in Czechoslovakia. then In France and finally found his way. like so many other refugees from tyranny. to the United States. Shortly after his arrival he was persuaded to take over a small monthly newsletter. called Aufbau. dedicated to maintaining contact among German speaking refugees. Under his inspired leadership this publication. which soon became a weekly. gained worldwide renown as one of the finest German language papers in the world. Today Aufbau is read in more than 80 countries and is universally respected as a thoughtful and outspoken voice for decency and liberalism. Through the pages of Aufbau. Manfred George provided an entire generation of immigrants with their first link to their new homeland. While international in its interest. Aufbau was and remains primarily an American paper. and through it our many new citizens who arrived in the late thirties and early forties as refugees from the evils of Hitlerism received their first introduction to America. Manfred George communicated a sense of excitement. dedication. and the sheer joy of being alive. And he never once lost sight of his aim and his supreme ideal: freedom and decency everywhere.
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