Mission Impossible: Supplemental Materials

In celebration of Thomas Mann's 150th birthday, the cultural magazine of the Goethe Institut explores Thomas Mann and his writings.

Mann2025.de is a central hub for 150th anniversary articles, exhibitions, events, and more.

Essay about Tonio Kröger by Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson (1909–2001), English scholar of German literature and culture.

Download the PDF of this essay by Hans-Jorg Knobloch, Department of German professor at the University of Johannesburg.

A visual and illuminating reading and explanation of Death in Venice by translators Thomas and Abby J. Hansen. 1 hour video

Death in Venice opera by Benjamin Britten. Produced at the 1990 Glyndebourne Festival. 2 hour video

Three scholar videos: Tobias Boes from U. of Notre Dame; Friedhelm Marx from U. of Bamberg; and Alex Ross of The New Yorker.

A conversation about "The Magic Mountain" between author and scholar Samantha Rose Hill and Paul Holdengräber. 1 hour video.

Academic lecture on The Magic Mountain by David Wellbery, professor of German Studies at the University of Chicago. 1 hour video.

This article explores Mann’s shift from a culturally “German” novelist to a leading antifascist and global intellectual.

An overview of the homes associated with Thomas Mann and his family.

Further explore Thomas Mann's life, deepen your understanding of his writing, and expand your knowledge of the world he lived in.

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