Stefan Zweig
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"Stefan Zweig" was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world.

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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.

The life of our generation is now set. We do not have the power to influence the flow of events, and no right to offer advice to the next generation.

Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German.

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.

Today, as a Jew, one should not have any position or accept any honors because it is difficult to live with those eternal compromises.