Gerhard Bohlmann
Gerhard Bohlmann (born December 18, 1878 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † February 19, 1944 in Berlin ) was a German writer and journalist.
Life
Bohlmann was the son of the director of the Union foundry in Königsberg . He studied philology and German in Berlin and Königsberg. In 1909 he became a member of the Germania Königsberg fraternity . He registered as a war volunteer in 1914 and was awarded the Iron Cross First Class. After the end of the war he passed the state examination and initially worked as a feature editor for the Königsberger Allgemeine Zeitung . In 1924 he went from Königsberg to Berlin for the Telegraph Union . After they merged with other news agencies during the Nazi era , he worked for the German news office until his death in 1944 .
Bohlmann did not write his first novel until he was over 50. In his books he mainly turned to historical topics - from the early Middle Ages ( The Forgotten Kaiser ) to the Thirty Years War ( Wallenstein wrestles for the Reich ). The books were reprinted until the end of the 1950s and are only available in antiquarian versions today.
Works
- 1932: The silver maiden - about the life and death of Joan of Arc
- 1934: The Forgotten Emperor - about Emperor Diocletian and Roman and Germanic history of the 3rd century
- 1937: Wallenstein fights for the Reich - about Albrecht von Wallenstein and his time
- 1942: The decision - is a Wallenstein wrestling for the novel that has been removed and reworked
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 83.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Bohlmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 47.
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SURNAME | Bohlmann, Gerhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1944 |
Place of death | Berlin |