Angelenos should not overlook a fascinating exhibit at USC's Doheny Library, curated by Grischa Meyer. Brecht's singular montage book Kriegsfibel, or War Primer, created when he was in exile in Los Angeles in the 1940s, is at the heart of the installation, but also included are Andrea Simon's film Salka Viertel, Every Sunday, on continuous video display, and items from USC's vast Lion Feuchtwanger archive. The first version of Kriegsfibel was given to Feuchtwanger and resides in the USC collection. Hanns Eisler later wrote Bilder aus der "Kriegsfibel," a setting of selected texts from Brecht's work.
