![]() ![]() At the same time, he also focused on the problems of Europe as a whole. After realizing his error, he became a fervent champion of democracy during the Weimar Republic. During World War I, he had embraced German nationalist and conservative views. ![]() For Thomas Mann the matter was more complex. In the 1920s, Thomas Mann’s eldest children, Klaus and Erika, sided with their uncle’s point of view. Early on, he had advocated for a European perspective, which culminated in his active role in Franco-German reconciliation. His brother Heinrich Mann, for example, had opposed the war from the start. Thomas Mann and his family stood at the center of conflicting ideological, political and artistic beliefs, whereby their differing opinions became quite apparent. ![]() With the First World War and ensuing Weimar Republic their worldview grew from a national to a European one. ![]()
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