What makes the good exile? Is there a calculable equation of inner fortitude, openness of mind, and external support networks that determines a refugee´s odds of survival? What did Thomas Mann, Carl Zuckmayer, and Zweig´s friend the conductor Bruno Walter flourish in the United States, while Zweig, Bertolt Brecht, and the dramatist Ernst Toller recoiled from almost every aspect of their New World experience?