Albert Sixtus

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Albert Sixtus (born May 12, 1892 in Hainichen ; † February 24, 1960 in Jena ) was a German author for children and young people. His best-known work is The Bunny School (1924).

life and work

He was born the second son of a Saxon country gendarme and attended elementary schools in Stolpen (Saxony) and Reichenau in Sa. (today Bogatynia , Poland). From 1906 he attended the teachers' college in Pirna , which he graduated with honors in 1912. In November 1914 he passed an electoral examination, which is equivalent to today's 1st state examination ; in April 1915 he took up a permanent position at the municipal secondary school in Kirchberg . In May 1915 he married Milda Preußger, who gave birth to her son Wolfgang Manfred Sixtus on December 26 of the same year.

During the First World War , Albert Sixtus was initially retired because of myopia , but in December 1915 he was ordered to the western front as an infantryman, where he was treated in hospital for furunculosis after the Battle of Verdun . After training as a gunner, he was badly wounded in the spring of 1918 and only escaped a new assignment in October thanks to the default of the authorities and the November Revolution . On December 2, 1918, Sixtus was dismissed and returned to school in Kirchberg.

Albert Sixtus began his literary activity with the publication of the book of fairy tales Mein Peep Box (1922). In the following years numerous other fairy tale books appeared, in 1924 his most famous work The Bunny School (with illustrations by Fritz Koch-Gotha ). In 1925 he started the youth book trilogy The Wild Boys of the Fireborg . In 1928 he became a member of the Schlaraffen (Reych Glauchavia) in Glauchau , and in 1930 he was made "Knight Bunny of the Sixtans". By 1936, Albert Sixtus had published 44 picture books , ten fairy tale games , three adventure novels , three fairy tale books and two volumes of poetry . Sixtus also wrote articles for various children's magazines on a regular basis.

In October 1937 Sixtus was arrested by the Gestapo for two days and, after his release, suffered from numerous restrictions and conditions for his literary activity. Against the background of his retirement in June of the same year, this was all the more serious: In addition to his war injury (bullet in the liver), the National Socialist rector of his office in Glauchau troubled him. In December 1938 Sixtus moved to Jena in order to avoid the Gestapo informers from Glauchau. There his son Wolfgang began to study philology .

During the National Socialist era , Sixtus earned his living with contributions to Auerbach's German children's calendar ; especially as a “calendar man” who corresponded with children from all over the world. Due to his commitment, the children's calendar , which was first designed in brown in 1935 with the motif of the Hitler Youth , was again set in red with the usual motif in the following year.

Although it began in 1926, his best-known youth book The Secret of the Giant Hill was not published until 1941 . The manuscript was stolen from him in 1936, rewritten and published in 1938 as a plagiarism by Doctor Kleinermacher .

During the Second World War , which Sixtus experienced in Jena, he lost his now married son, who fell on the Eastern Front and is still missing today. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, he was able to resume his literary work, but his health deteriorated noticeably - partly because of the loss of his son, and partly because of the shrapnel in his liver that began to wander around. After a long illness, Sixtus died on February 24, 1960 in Jena.

37 years later, a travel basket with his literary estate was found in the attic of an old workshop. It contained an abundance of unpublished writings that were in poor condition, including verses for about 30 picture books, two fairy tale games, some children's stories, a novel, an adventure novel for children, a biography , plays, and over 100 poems for children and adults.

In 1997 the Albert Sixtus Archive was created, in which all of the material and some of his correspondence are sorted and viewed. The archive's endeavors are to preserve the old holdings.

Works

• My peep box (fairy tale). Illustrations by Georg Hinke. Berlin-Charlottenburg: Jugend-Verlag 1922.
• Brummerchen (fairy tale). Illustrations by Georg Hinke. Berlin: Jugend-Verlag 1923.
• The wild boys from the fire castle (adventure novel for the youth). Illustrations by AvGiant. Berlin-Charlottenburg: Jugend-Verlag 1923.
• The Bunny School (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Koch-Gotha . Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag 1924.
• The Muckhäslein (picture book). Illustrations by Adelheid Schimz. Leipzig: Hegel & Schade 1924.
• Learn something, so you can do something! (Picture book). Illustrated by Fritz Baumgarten . Munich: Verlag JFSchreiber Esslingen 1924.
• In the mouse house (picture book). Illustrations by Hans James Berthold. Leipzig: Hegel & Schade 1924. 2nd edition 1929 Illustrations by Mathilde Ritter.
• Good friends (picture book). Illustrations by Karl Rohr . Munich: Verlag JFSchreiber Esslingen 1924.
• New adventures from the fire castle (adventure novel for young people). Illustrations by AvGiant. Berlin-Charlottenburg: Jugend-Verlag 1925.
• The Cloud King (fairy tale). Illustrations by Ernst Liebermann . Reutlingen: Ensslin & Laiblin 1925.
• All sorts of funny things (picture book). Illustrations by Bruno Grimmer. Munich: Verlag JFSchreiber Esslingen 1925.
• In the Heinzelmännchenreich (picture book). Illustrations by Eberhard Wilm. Görlitz: Verlaganstalt Görlitzer Nachrichten and Anzeiger 1925.
• In the cat's wreath (picture book). Illustrations by Carl Robert Arthur Thiele . Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag 1926.
• In the wonderful Puppenland (picture book). Illustrations by Ernst Kutzer . Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag 1926.
• After rain comes sunshine (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Munich: JFSchreiber Verlag 1926.
• Schniepapo, the magician and the little schoolhouse ghosts (fairy tale game). Leipzig: Arwed Strauch 1927, also a separate director's book.
• Knecht Ruprechts Christmas Bakery (fairytale game). In: Neue Leipziger Zeitung 1927.
• How Heini became the strongest (picture book). Illustrations by Carl Robert Arthur Thiele. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1927.
• How Susi became the most beautiful (picture book). Illustrations by Carl Robert Arthur Thiele. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1927.
• We little craftspeople (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Bergen. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1927.
• Bubis Tagewerk (picture book). Illustrations by A.Erbert. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1927.
• Family Dachshunds in the big city (picture book). Illustrations by Margarete Schneider-Reichel. Leipzig: Verlag E. Skacel 1927.
• The dachshund policeman (picture book). Illustrations by Ernst Kutzer. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1927.
• The sugar cone tree (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Leipzig: Hegel & Schade 1928 to 1943.
• Grünbart, the moss man (picture book). Illustrations by Else Wenz-Viëtor . Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling 1928.
• The miniature train (picture book). Illustrations by Ernst Kutzer. Leipzig: Hegel & Schade 1928.
• The lazy teddy bear (picture book). Illustrations by Willy Planck. Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag 1928.
• The funny puppet book (picture book). Illustrations by Helmut Skarbina. Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling Oldenburg 1928.
• Egg, the funny teddy bears (picture book). Illustrations by Rudi Bär. Reutlingen: Ensslin & Laiblin 1928.
• At the doll's mother (fairy tale game). Leipzig: Gustav Richter 1928.
• Wacky things to laugh at (fairy tale game). Leipzig: A. Strauch 1928.
• Christmas in the doll's house (fairy tale game). Leipzig: Gustav Richter 1928.
• The wonder train in the Christmas forest (fairy tale game). Hansel and Gretel 1928. Leipzig: Arwed Strauch 1929.
• From the rabbit and the hen woman (picture book). Illustrations by Rudi Bär. Fürth: Verlag Hesse 1928.
• Birthday in rabbit land (picture book). Illustrations by Rudi Bär. Fürth: Verlag Hesse 1928. 2nd edition: Birthday in the rabbit country
• Fair in Froschland (picture book). Illustrations by Rudi Bär. Fürth: Verlag Hesse 1928.
• About the puppy dog ​​and the kitten (picture book). Illustrations by Rudi Bär. Fürth: Verlag Hesse 1928.
• Möpschen has a toothache (picture book). Illustrations by Helmut Skarbina. Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling 1928. (Incorrect author or pseudonym).
• Baumkindleins Nachtfahrt (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Reutlingen: Ensslin & Laiblin 1929.
• Liese on the fairytale meadow (fairytale game). Leipzig: Gustav Richter 1929. Leipzig: Gustav Richter, theater and music publisher 1929 (sheet music, melody by A.Biefeld).
• Clippers, rattles. Easy poems for little wretches Halle: C. Marhold 1929.
• Take a look - that's fine (picture book). Illustrations by Hans Greinke . Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1929.
• The miracle journey (picture book). Illustrations by Sándor Bortnyik . Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag 1929.
• Holiday adventure of the fire castle boys (adventure novel for the youth). Illustrations by AvGiant. Berlin-Charlottenburg: Jugend-Verlag 1929.
• The dog circus (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A. Anton & Co. 1930.
• The Bunny Walk (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Leipzig: A. Anton & Co. 1930. Esslinger 2004 under the title: The rabbit school trip.
• Hansi's journey to the toy land (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Leipzig A. Anton & Co. 1930.
• Kikeriki (picture book). Illustrations by Ernst Kutzer. Leipzig: Leipziger Graphische Werke 1930.
• The doll from the egg (picture book). Illustrations by Rudolf Schulz and Max Brösel. Munich, JFSchreiber Verlag Esslingen 1930. 2nd edition under the title: Das Zauberei 1935, book in egg form.
• The flower elf (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: Abel & Müller 1930.
• The two runaways (stories for the youth). Illustrations by Carl Robert Arthur Thiele. Hildesheim: Borgmeyer 1931.
• Shooting festival in Katzenhausen (picture book). Illustrations by Carl Robert Arthur Thiele. Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag 1933.
• Susel doesn't want to go to school (fairy tale game). Leipzig: Arwed Strauch 1933.
• The brave little egg gnomes (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Leipzig: H.Schaufuss KG 1935.
• In the butterfly kingdom (picture book). Illustrations by Sibylle von Olfers . Munich: JFSchreiber Verlag Esslingen 1935.
• The forest school (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A.Anton & Co. 1935. (Wrong statement by the author: Carl Felix v.Schlichtegroll)
• The trip to wonderland (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A. Anton 1935.
• Participated! Play and laugh! (Fairy tale game). Leipzig: Arwed Strauch 1936.
• Spring is here (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A. Anton & Co., 1936.
• Hopdiquax (picture book). Illustrations by Vici Vago. Leipzig: A. Anton 1936.
• Family Igels weekend (picture book). Illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A. Anton 1936.
• Sports festival in the forest (picture book), illustrations by Fritz Baumgarten. Leipzig: A. Anton 1936.
• Sixtus, Albert (Ed.): Auerbachs Deutscher Kinderkalender Leipzig: Publishing house of Auerbach's Deutscher Kinderkalender 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 From him: various poems, "Chatting corner of the calendar man" and "Funny things from uncle Klönemann ".
• The dear new year goes to (calendar). Illustrations by Luise Staudt-Zoerb. Hamburg: Agency of the Rauhen Haus 1937.
• The dear new year goes to (calendar). Illustrations by Luise Staudt-Zoerb. Hamburg: Agency of the Rauhen Haus 1938.
• The secret of the giant hill (adventure novel for young people). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Berlin: Globus Verlag GmbH 1941.
• My beautiful little garden (picture book). Illustrations by Elfriede Prasse. Berlin-Munich: Franz Schneider 1943.
• The cave men (picture book). Illustrations by Hanna Helwig-Goerke. Nuremberg: Sebaldus Verlag 1944, 1946, 1948.
• The dwarf fire brigade (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Dresden: Zwinger-Verlag Rudolf Glöß o. J. (between 1944 and 1945)
• Punch and Judy Calendar Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Leipzig: Verlag Volk und Buch 1947.
• Hick and Hack (picture book). Illustrations by Richard Heinrich. Dresden: Ehlermann 1947. Dresden: Walter Flechsig 1947.
• The (destroyed) dwarf town (picture book). Illustrations by Hanna Helwig-Goerke. Nuremberg: Sebaldus Verlag 1949.
• The ghost mill in the Silberschlucht (adventure novel for young people). Illustrations by Walter Rieck . Stuttgart: Cross 1951.
• Mostly cheerful (sensitive picture book verses for adults). Munich: Herbert Post Press 1966.
• We foolish people (collection of poems). Obercunnersdorf: Albert Sixtus Archive 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Albert Sixtus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Albert Sixtus Archive
• Manfred Altner: Albert Sixtus (1892-1960) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .