Students working with primary sources in the Feuchtwanger Memorial LibraryĪnother 20,000 books from Feuchtwanger's library are still on long-term loan at the couple's former house, Villa Aurora, which is an artists' residence and an historic landmark today. Today, the bookcases and cabinets in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library which is located on the second floor of Doheny Memorial Library on the USC campus contain the most important books from the author’s collection, as well as Feuchtwanger’s own writings in various editions and translations. The house was sold to a German consortium interested in preserving this historic monument as a study center, and the proceeds were committed to create a suite of rooms as a permanent memorial to Lion Feuchtwanger, to his late widow Marta (1891-1987), and to his literary legacy.īookshelf with a selection of various editions of works by Lion Feuchtwanger. Marta Feuchtwanger willed her house and her husband's fine library to the University of Southern California shortly after Lion's death.
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