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    Alfred Polgar (originally: Alfred Polak; 17 October 1873 in Vienna – 24 April 1955 in Zurich) was an Austrian-born columnist, theater critic, writer and...
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  • Look up Polgár or polgár in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polgár or Polgar may refer to: Polgár, Hungary, a city in Hungary Alfred Polgar (1873–1955)...
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    a large extent. Other coffee house poets include Arthur Schnitzler, Alfred Polgar, Friedrich Torberg, and Egon Erwin Kisch. Famous writer and poet Peter...
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    Theodor Herzl, Alfred Adler, Egon Friedell, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anton Kuh, Adolf Loos, Leo Perutz, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig, Alfred Polgar, Adolf Hitler...
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    notes of congratulation and praise from Brecht, Max Horkheimer, and Alfred Polgar, among others. Compositions by Hanns Eisler were performed, and Blandine...
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    Marcuse, Karl Marx, Robert Musil, Carl von Ossietzky, Erwin Piscator, Alfred Polgar, Gertrud von Puttkamer, Erich Maria Remarque, Ludwig Renn, Joachim Ringelnatz...
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    pieces were written either by Peter Altenberg or jointly by Friedell and Alfred Polgar, who were nicknamed the "Polfried AG". He also was acting there. Other...
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  • Hiding Place by Robert Shaw. The title is a derived from Viennese Alfred Polgar's quip, "The situation is desperate but not serious." On 27 November...
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    claiming either a Viennese confectioner named Linzer (as given by Alfred Polgar) or the Franconian pastry chef Johann Konrad Vogel (1796–1883), who...
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    from 1922 to 1932. Regular contributors to the feuilleton included Alfred Polgar, Fritz Mauthner, Kurt Tucholsky, Erich Kästner, Robert Walser, Etta...
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