First published: The letters of the Manns featuring over 100 unknown letters from six decades. Thomas Mann is immersed in his work. When the Nobel Prize-winning author emerges from it, he participates in the activities of his family with wit and curiosity. Katia Mann takes care of everything. The mother advises and encourages, sending money and sharp words - especially the daughter Monika, who often stands apart, receives it repeatedly. Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Michael, and Elisabeth Mann: six children searching for their place in the wide world they had to flee to escape Hitler. Their letters tell of political struggle and writing, love and jealousy, successes, drugs, and misfortune. Following the bestseller "The Manns: A Family History," which has shed new light on the famous literary family, Tilmann Lahme, Holger Pils, and Kerstin Klein present a selection.