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“…Walter Schübler's biography portrays the extravagant life of the artist Anton Kuh in all its facets: the controversial publicist, who glossed over the current events in Vienna and Berlin with polemical verve; the wide-awake chroniclers of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s; the self-confessed "leftist," who risked neck and neck in dealing with the Nazis; the "opposite Fex," which made a joke of teasing Karl Kraus for years; the bohemian who - programmatically tactless - did not miss any opportunity to provoke; the upbeat neurasthenic who lived suicidal; the fulminant impromptu speaker, who ran his train of thought, causing his audience to rush to applause. …”

“…It focuses on the cooperation of the Jewish Community, the “Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung” and the Palestine Office in Vienna, an institution, which barely has been researched so far. …”

“…His first major task, the complete decoration of the pilgrimage church at Hafnerberg near Vienna, comprising works in fresco and oil was soon to be followed by a commission from the Imperial court. …”

“…Prima di cingere la corona del Regno di Sardegna, i principi di Savoia-Carignano rimasero a lungo in precario equilibrio fra Torino, Versailles e Vienna. La politica funambolesca fra differenti universi curiali, abilmente guidata da Maria di Borbone, principessa di Carignano, e` al centro di questo libro. …”

“…Most of the book is based on primary sources scattered all over Europe in dozens of archives in Vienna, Budapest, London, Moscow, Amsterdam, and Bonn…”