In October 1942, Goebbels invited 37 writers from 15 European countries on a train journey across Germany. In Weimar, Goebbels and his literary guests founded the European Writers’ Union. There was only one woman in the delegation—the Bulgarian Fani Popova-Mutafova. The next stop after Weimar was Buchenwald, where Goethe’s oak stood. After the Nazis were defeated, Knut Hamsun was placed in a psychiatric hospital, the collaborator Robert Brasillach was executed by firing squad, and Fani Popova-Mutafova was thrown into prison. What is the price of the ticket to Weimar?
“Weimar Express” tells the story of a group of talented artists who lost their moral integrity on the road to European fame offered to them by the Nazis.