Kisch in Australia

the untold story

by Heidi Zogbaum

• 89 Want to read
• 6 Currently reading

Published 2004 by Scribe Publications in Melbourne .
Written in

Places:

• Australia,
• Czechoslovakia,
• Germany,
• Australia.
Subjects:

• Kisch, Egon Erwin, 1885-1948 -- Travel -- Australia,
• Menzies, Robert Gordon, Sir, 1894-1978,
• Journalists -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography,
• Journalists -- Germany -- Biography,
• Authors, Czech -- 20th century -- Biography,
• Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography,
• Political activists -- Australia -- Biography,
• Freedom of speech -- Australia,
• World politics -- 1900-1945,
• Australia -- Description and travel,
• Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229).

Statement	Heidi Zogbaum.
Genre	Biography.
Classifications
LC Classifications	DU104 .Z64 2004
The Physical Object
Pagination	viii, 229 p. :
Number of Pages	229
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL3452294M
ISBN 10	1920769358
LC Control Number	2005360383

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REVIEW BY MAX WATTS Kisch in Australia — The Untold StoryBy Heidi Zogbaum, afterword by Marcus PatkaScribe Publications, Melbourne pages, $ (pb). Just 70 years ago, on Novem , Egon Erwin Kisch, a German-writing. In late and early , the United Australia Party Government of Joseph Lyons spectacularly failed to exclude Egon Kisch from entering Australia.. Egon Kisch was a Jewish Communist and anti-war activist of ethnic German (" Volksdeutsche") origin born in had served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and was the author of many travel books.

Kischs account of his visit to Australia in along with his impressions of the country and its people; includes a section on historical treatment of Aborigines. p.: map ; 19 cm. Australia -- Emigration and immigration. Australia -- Politics and government -- Egon Erwin Kisch, the Raging Reporter have never beenreprinted. In lightofthe cause celebre that Kisch became in Australia in , the Australian interest in him is understandable. His account ofhis experiences trying to disembark in Melbourne to take part in an antiwar congress there appeared in Australian and English editions in , the former. Hanan and Eldad Kisch are the sons of Izaak Kisch (born Nov. 23, ) and Ina Mathilda Houthakker (born Ap ), both in Amsterdam. Hanan was born on J and Eldad was born on Ap A third son Ilan was born after the war. Izaak Kisch was a lawyer and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam.

  Egon Erwin Kisch sees imperialism everywhere. The book is interesting, especially after reading Ernst Cordes, who wrote about the exact same time period in China, but from a very different perspective. Unlike Cordes, EEK does not speak Chinese at all, nor does he have any intimate understanding of Chinese culture.6/   Quiche Lorraine--eggs, Swiss cheese and bacon baked in a pie crust--is cornerstone of any traditional brunch. Fast and fancy, a quiche was featured in nearly every issue of the seventies, but none was more popular than Quiche Lorraine. Our favorite version, of course, uses bacon.5/5(10). +61 8 Oxford St Leederville Western Australia Australia4/ Yelp reviews.