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Thomas Mann

1875 to 1955 11 documented presences 9 places

Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Thomas Mann across 9 places, from 1891 to 1952. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Thomas Mann is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where Thomas Mann was documented, and when

1891 to 1933period
Munichattested “Mann lived in Munich from 1891 until 1933, with the exception of a year spent in Palestrina, Italy, with his elder brother, the novelist Heinrich.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1891 to 1933period
Palestrina, Lazioattested “Mann lived in Munich from 1891 until 1933, with the exception of a year spent in Palestrina, Italy, with his elder brother, the novelist Heinrich.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1914 to 1933period
Munichattested “In 1914 they also purchased a villa in Munich (at Poschinger Str in the borough of Bogenhausen, today 10 Thomas-Mann-Allee) where they lived until 1933.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
February 1933month
Munichattested “In February 1933, having finished a book tour to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, Thomas Mann moved to Arosa (Switzerland) when Hitler took power, and Mann heard from his eldest children, Klaus and Erika in Munich, that it would not be saf…” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
February 1933month
Arosaattested “In February 1933, having finished a book tour to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, Thomas Mann moved to Arosa (Switzerland) when Hitler took power, and Mann heard from his eldest children, Klaus and Erika in Munich, that it would not be saf…” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
February 1933month
Germanyattested “In February 1933, having finished a book tour to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, Thomas Mann moved to Arosa (Switzerland) when Hitler took power, and Mann heard from his eldest children, Klaus and Erika in Munich, that it would not be saf…” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
February 1933month
Amsterdamattested “In February 1933, having finished a book tour to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, Thomas Mann moved to Arosa (Switzerland) when Hitler took power, and Mann heard from his eldest children, Klaus and Erika in Munich, that it would not be saf…” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1942year
Pacific Palisades, Los Angelesattested “In 1942, the Mann family moved to 1550 San Remo Drive in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1952year
Zürichattested “Finally, he was forced to quit his position as Consultant in Germanic Literature at the Library of Congress, and in 1952, he returned to Europe, to live in Kilchberg, near Zürich, Switzerland.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1952year
Kilchberg, Zürichattested “Finally, he was forced to quit his position as Consultant in Germanic Literature at the Library of Congress, and in 1952, he returned to Europe, to live in Kilchberg, near Zürich, Switzerland.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1952year
Library of Congressattested “Finally, he was forced to quit his position as Consultant in Germanic Literature at the Library of Congress, and in 1952, he returned to Europe, to live in Kilchberg, near Zürich, Switzerland.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann

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Places Thomas Mann is documented in

Munich3 presences · 1891 to 1933Amsterdam1 presence · 1933Germany1 presence · 1933Zürich1 presence · 1952
Arosa1 presence · 1933
Kilchberg, Zürich1 presence · 1952
Library of Congress1 presence · 1952
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles1 presence · 1942
Palestrina, Lazio1 presence · 1891

Other places tied to Thomas Mann in the record

In each of these, a source puts Thomas Mann and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Thomas Mann was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1908 to 1917period
Bad Tölzmentioned “Due to the Pringsheim family's wealth, Katia Mann was able to purchase a summer property in Bad Tölz in 1908, on which they built a country house the following year, which they kept until 1917.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1912year
Davosmentioned “In 1912, Katia was treated for what was incorrectly diagnosed as tuberculosis for a few months in a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, where Thomas Mann visited her for a few weeks.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1934 to 1935period
United Statesmentioned “The Manns traveled to the United States for the first two times in 1934 and 1935.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
October 1939month
United Statesmentioned “In 1939, following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Mann emigrated to the United States, while his in-laws only managed, thanks to high-ranking connections, to leave Germany for Zurich in October 1939.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1941year
Library of Congressmentioned “In 1941 he was designated consultant in German Literature, later Fellow in Germanic Literature, at the Library of Congress.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1942 to 1952period
Kilchberg, Zürichmentioned “Residence in exile from 1942 until 1952 Thomas Manns Haus in Kilchberg-2.jpg|House in Kilchberg, Switzerland.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1949year
Frankfurt am Mainmentioned “His most important German visit was in 1949, at the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, attending celebrations in Frankfurt am Main (then West Germany) and Weimar (then East Germany), as a statement that German culture extended…” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
1952year
Los Angelesmentioned “The Manns lived in Los Angeles until 1952.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann
16 August 1955exact date
Kilchberg, Zürichmentioned “(At that time, lifesaving vascular surgery had not been developed.) On 16 August 1955, Thomas Mann was buried in the Kilchberg village cemetery.” source: Wikipedia: Thomas Mann

Documented at the same place, the same year

Adolf HitlerMunich · 1914Erika MannMunich · 1933Klaus MannAmsterdam · 1933Margot FrankAmsterdam · 1933Winston ChurchillWashington · 1952Alan TuringWashington · 1952Theodor W. AdornoWashington · 1952Arthur ComptonWashington · 1952Luciano BerioWashington · 1952César PelliWashington · 1952Toots ThielemansWashington · 1952George StevensWashington · 1952

Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.

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Sources

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