inner emigration

English

Etymology

Coined by Frank Thiess in his response to Thomas Mann's BBC broadcast on the subject of German guilt.

Noun

inner emigration (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The choice of some German writers to remain in Nazi Germany despite being opposed to Nazism.

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