Talk:Richard Plant (writer)

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I do not know where to begin. I did some research for Richard Plant in the 1980s. He told me he was the grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Frankfurt/Main. His father was a medical doctor, non-religious, socialist, but a Jew by Nazi standards. He was an extra in the German and French film versions of 3 Penny Opera. He was studying Germanistik at university when his professor began to appear wearing a silk, brown shirt. Then in early 1933 a lover in the SA told him to leave Germany after Hitler became Chancellor. His family believed, "It won't be so bad." Richard made it to Switzerland, but knew gays were having trouble, especially after the killing of the Storm Troop leader in 1934. Roehm's fall was officially justified due to his homosexuality, and the Nazi regime became even more anti-gay. Plant's dad and step mother made it to California in the 1930s, but America was in depression. Could the doctor begin all over again in a new language? They chose to return to the Reich. Shortly after Kristall Nacht, they chose to commit suicide. His sister fled to the Netherlands, and survived, hidden, through the war. Richard made it to America, and during the war made some broadcasts for NBC somehow connected to The American OSS. In America he worked for the son of Thomas Mann, Klaus Mann, and he may have also done some work for Siegfried Kracauer the author of "From Caligari to Hitler." A book published in Germany on refugees, I think in the 1990s, included a chapter on Richard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UtomasM (talk • contribs) 03:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC)