For a very long time in the history of literature, Soma Morgenstern was absolutely nothing far more than a friend of Joseph Roth. Soma Morgenstern has published good guides. Just at the completely wrong time. “Much too Jewish” was the motto in the 1930s.
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“Friendship has been the blessing of my daily life.” Soma Morgenstern photographed by Trude Fleischmann, New York, about 1947.
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When Soma Morgenstern died in New York in 1976, it was rarely news. The world experienced overlooked the author and journalist. Outside the house the modest circle of artists, he had never even noticed it. Actress Hertha Pauli explained him as the shadow of Joseph Roth. This, if everything, seemed to be his area in historical past. All the things could have gone differently, probably.
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