Name	Farkas, Karl
Alternative Names
ID	1337
Gender	male
Lifespan	1893-10-28 - 1971-05-16
Professions	comedian (Q245068), writer, librettist, director, screenwriter, actor

Collection(s)	Default import collection Return From Exile webclient Lackner, Herbert. Rückkehr in die fremde Heimat Die vertriebenen Dichter und Denker und die ernüchternde Nachkriegs-Wirklichkeit. Wien: Ueberreuter Verlag, 2021.
Uri(s)	https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/2_24 https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/1337/ https://d-nb.info/gnd/118686135
Notes	Karl Farkas had to eventually flee to the US without his wife and son as his son had a disability which resulted in him not being allowed to enter the US. His sisters Elisabeth and Katharina as well as his nephew Felix died during the Nazi regime. After his return to Austria he did not talk about his Jewish identity and had to work with Nazi collaborators, such as Marika Rökk, Paula Wessely and Willy Forst out of financial necessity. While he was speaking German with a strong Jiddish accent until 1938, by 1945 this had completely disappeared.
References	Schreckenberger, Helga. "Gelungene Heimkehr? Der Fall Karl Farkas." in: Return from Exile, 2017, 119-133. Lackner, Herbert. Rückkehr in die fremde Heimat Die vertriebenen Dichter und Denker und die ernüchternde Nachkriegs-Wirklichkeit. Berlin: Ueberreuter Verlag, 2021. Markus, Georg, ed. Das grosse Karl Farkas Buch: Sein Leben, seine besten Texte, Conférencen und Doppelconférencen. Wien: Amalthea Verlag, 1993.