ers ▁emer ged ▁in ▁several ▁European ▁cities , ▁like ▁Paris , ▁Amsterdam , ▁Stockholm , ▁Zürich , ▁London , ▁Prag ue , ▁Moscow ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁and ▁Mexico . ▁Some ▁ex iled ▁Germ ans ▁were ▁not ▁completely ▁pleased ▁with ▁their ▁re loc ations . ▁ ▁As ▁Bert olt ▁Bre cht , ▁another ▁famous ▁é migr é ▁who ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁noted ▁in ▁his ▁famous ▁poem ▁“ The ▁Hollywood ▁E leg ies ,” ▁it ▁was ▁both ▁heaven ▁and ▁hell . ▁Well ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁publications ▁were ▁the ▁publish ers ▁Qu er ido ▁Verlag ▁and ▁Verlag ▁All ert ▁de ▁L ange ▁in ▁Amsterdam ▁and ▁O pre cht ▁in ▁Zürich . ▁They ▁served ▁the ▁German ▁community ▁outside ▁Germany ▁with ▁critical ▁literature , ▁and ▁their ▁books ▁were ▁also ▁sm ugg led ▁into ▁Naz i ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Ex iled ▁German ▁writers ▁oft ent imes ▁had ▁difficulty ▁express ing ▁what ▁they ▁were ▁truly ▁feeling . ▁In ▁his ▁political ▁thr iller ▁titled ▁" The ▁Bl ond ▁Spider " ▁( 1 9 3 9 ), ▁Hans ▁F les ch - B run ningen , ▁writing ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Vincent ▁Burn , ▁wrote ▁a ▁story ▁involving ▁two ▁Germ ans . ▁He ▁created ▁ ▁" An ▁older , ▁w iser , ▁and ▁somewhat ▁myster ious ▁German ▁in ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁Mart ino . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁arch et yp ical , ▁val i ant ▁ant if asc ist ▁and ▁sp ared ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁ambigu ities ▁of ▁Born