Peter Moses-Krause

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Peter Moses-Krause (born February 8, 1943 ) is a German publisher , author and translator .

Life

The doctor of German studies, who studied in Hamburg, Bonn and Amsterdam, has lived in Berlin since 1971 . On July 14, 1977, he founded the publishing house Das Arsenal in West Berlin , which, depending on the source, he understands as the “armory of the Enlightenment” or “armory for the minds”. Together with his wife, he has published around sixty books so far, six to nine “wonderfully simple books, thread-stitched and English brochures , supplemented by unusual and delicate sketches” per year. The publisher's program focuses on Jewish , Jewish-German and essayistic literature, the metropolitan features section , art, film and art criticism.

Moses-Krause sees himself as a political publisher with a left-wing past. According to taz , he is said to have belonged to a Maoist K group when he was younger . The claim to intervene in politics with literature was then "quickly destroyed", "but I still bring out literature that I consider political - only the political is more hidden today," says Moses-Krause.

Moses-Krause, who only publishes books that interest him, publishes only a few contemporary authors besides the Alsatian Claude Vigée and Christine Wolter . Among the deceased, mostly Jewish authors, whose texts Moses-Krause made accessible again, include the journalist and writer Victor Auburtin , of whom a work is being published, the film critics Béla Balázs and Siegfried Kracauer , the Hungarian narrator Tibor Déry , the journalist and literary scholar Arthur Eloesser and the writer and flaneur Franz Hessel .

Moses-Krause is an assimilated Jew, for whom “the Christmas tree is a matter of course” at Christmas . He was involved in the Berlin Jewish Group and the Jewish Round Table . He explains his whereabouts in Germany, the “land of murderers” in the Jewish reading:

“I see my place here in Germany and will not leave a few neo-Nazis. Doubts as to whether Jewish communities can and should exist in Germany have always existed since the Second World War. To put it bluntly, the question is: Is it right for Jews to live in the land of murderers? Everyone has to ask themselves this question at some point and answer it for themselves. Even if the decision can never be final, I am determined to defend my position in Germany. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Long night for the 33rd birthday of the publishing house Das Arsenal. In: BuchMarkt . July 15, 2010, accessed October 19, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b c Claudia Keller: In the armory of the Enlightenment. The “Arsenal” publisher Peter Moses-Krause is 60 years old. In: Der Tagesspiegel. February 8, 2003, accessed October 18, 2011 .
  3. ^ A b Sieglinde Geisel: Politically in Hidden. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 13, 2002, accessed May 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Das Arsenal - Publishing House for Culture and Politics. In: Lexicon: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf from A to Z. Berlin.de. The official capital city portal, accessed on October 18, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Jörg Sundermeier: The weapons of the Enlightenment are not blunt yet. In: Taz. July 12, 2007, accessed October 18, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Susanne Kippenberger: What are we doing today? : To celebrate birthday. In: Der Tagesspiegel. July 9, 2007, accessed October 18, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Members of other religions also want to give each other something on the weekend. The tree is simply part of it. In: Berliner Zeitung . December 24, 1994, accessed October 19, 2011 .
  8. ↑ Peter Moses-Krause: A monument? No thanks. In: Berliner Zeitung. January 20, 1995, accessed October 19, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Marlies Emmerich: Zoten, threats, hatred - many Jews live with fear. In: Berliner Zeitung. June 29, 1994, accessed October 19, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Is Jewish life allowed to withdraw? In: The world . October 5, 2000, accessed October 19, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Moses-Krause, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, author and translator
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1943