Oskar Maria Graf – a Bavarian in New York – Bavaria

If you’re a Bavarian walking through the New York district of Manhattan, Munich suddenly seems like a village. The writer Oskar Maria Graf, who comes from Berg am Starnberger See and who spent three decades of his life in Manhattan, probably saw it in a similar way. If you get on the subway on Fulton Street in the south and then drive a good hour north, you’re still in Manhattan. The only difference is that the city there looks a bit less tidy, but also quieter than along the skyline in the south.