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Project Description
"Hollywood Exiles in Europe" from UCLA Film & Television Archive
This project focuses on paths that emigres took on their way to Los Angeles starting in the 1930s, as well as whether these individuals eventually returned to Europe or stayed in Los Angeles after World War II. With many immigrants coming from multiple European nations, there was a range of paths taken to arrive in Los Angeles. By compiling the locations of emigres over 5-year increments from 1930 to 1960, our project seeks to discover connections between individuals and the paths that they took to reach LA.
After visualizing and analyzing our dataset, our group sought to answer our research questions through meaningful insights, digital methods, and computational tools.
Research Questions
Research Questions
What kind of patterns are there in paths emigres took to Los Angeles? Why may these patterns exist?
Why were some emigres more compelled to return to Europe than others?
What was the relationship between people who traveled throughout similar cities? Does this have any correlation with who returned to Germany?
Significance
Significance
Despite the sizable amount of data regarding the lives of immigrants in Europe and their lives in Hollywood, accounts of emigres’ travels and the events leading up to their arrival in Los Angeles are more limited. Hence, this project explores any patterns or interesting insights into the paths that emigres took, specifically taking into account the years in which emigres moved, where they stopped, and whether they returned to Europe. By mapping the course of these immigrants, we hope to uncover commonalities and avenues that served to aid the immigration of these individuals. Overall, exploring these paths will give us insight into the lives of European exiles in terms of where they resided and made an impact.
Audience
Audience
Our audience is catered to people who are interested in learning more about emigres in Los Angeles and how or why they ended up where they did. Studying the routes of these immigrants provides a perspective on forced immigration that focuses on the process of immigration rather than the destination. Our project serves as a resource for those looking to study the effects of World War II on immigration and the countries that were most frequent recipients of these immigrants. Additionally, this project will answer any questions that our audience has about particular individuals’ paths to the United States, their stops along the way, and their engagement with other individuals.
Europeans in Exile: Thomas Mann's LA
Europeans in Exile: Thomas Mann's LA
As part of Wendy Perla Kurtz's Digital Humanities 187: Europeans in Exile: Thomas Mann's LA class at UCLA, our team studied the immigration paths of prominent European artists and intellectuals during the first half of the twentieth century as they escaped Nazism and fascism for a better life in Los Angeles, California. Under the guidance of Dr. Kurtz, Dr. Nikolai Blaumer, Benno Herz, and Anthony Caldwell, we studied their journeys and experimented with various data visualization tools to create this website's cohesive narrative. This multimedia project contributes to understanding the sociopolitical dynamics of immigration during this time period as well as sheds light on some of the interpersonal relationships between these distinguished figures.
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