Translated from German into Dutch by Piet Meeuse and Barber van de Pol. Every translation seems to have some variety regarding what essays they include in a collection, and I don't think there is a close equivalent in English for this particular one. But anything in English that includes essays, speeches and letters from 1933 to 1938 will probably have these in them. The collection, named after one of his most famous essays, translates into 'Europe, beware!' Mann is so pissed off in these essays and honestly, who can blame him? Hitler has come into power, art and science are under attack, people are disappearing, he is personally getting banned in places, and much of the population is just passively going along with it. Mann is trying to warn everyone, desperately, to develop yourself as an individual as to not let yourself get carried away by the waves of propaganda culture. Mann's tangible frustration is so very relatable. I'm angry every day about the cruelties people are capable…
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