"Half Berlin had laughed at his jokes," wrote his friend Erika Mann 1939, "and called him 'our Paul.'

The Nazis, however, regarded him as an 'alien element'; 'our Paul' was banished.

"most likely," wrote Mann, "his heart had not been able to endure the long absence from Berlin.

"[7] Max Reinhardt delivered a eulogy at Graetz's funeral.

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