A considerable portion of the literature of exile and emigration in the 20th century has come from Jewish authors. Yet it appears to be the case that specifically Jewish features are subordinated to those experience common to all exiles (acculturation problems, antifascist commitment) or at least do not leave any major imprint on the literary works themselves. Little attention has been given to this point in the discussion of exile literature so far. The essays assembled in this volume represent an initial approach to the problem. They stem from a symposium organised by the Department of German Language and Literature of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in May 1989.