Albert Soergel

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Wilhelm Albert Soergel (born June 15, 1880 in Chemnitz , † September 27, 1958 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German literary historian .

Life

Albert Soergel was a student at the Royal High School in Chemnitz, where he passed his school leaving examination in 1899. After completing a year in the military, he studied German , history and philosophy in Freiburg , Berlin and Leipzig . He received his doctorate in 1905 from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig and passed the state examination one year later .

In the winter of 1906 Albert Soergel taught as a trainee lawyer at the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig and from April to September 1907 at the Realgymnasium in Annaberg . Afterwards he resigned from the school service in order to dedicate himself to the publication of the book Dicht und Dichter der Zeit on behalf of the Voigtländer Verlag , which had numerous editions and established his reputation as a literary historian. On October 1, 1911, he resumed his work as a teacher at the Royal Trade Academy in Chemnitz for the subjects of German, German history and history of literature.

At the beginning of the First World War he was drafted as a reserve officer and remained at the front until the end of the war. For his service in 1916 he received the Knight's Cross Second Class of the Saxon Order of Albrecht with Swords and the Iron Cross First Class.

Albert Soergel taught in Chemnitz from 1911 to 1945, as a professor from 1920 .

Soergel was co-founder and scientific director of the “Society of Book Friends in Chemnitz” and established its high reputation in Germany. From 1921 to 1945 he worked on proposals for lectures, readings and publications and supervised the printing of the publications.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he joined the NSDAP in 1933 . He also belonged to the Nazi teachers' association and worked as a cell chairman and for the SA . In 1935 he published the volume Dichter aus deutschem Volkstum as part of his literary history .

In 1945 Soergel was dismissed as a professor because of his National Socialist activities. After that he was still active as an editor.

Quotes

  • "Expressionism is lyrical compulsion, dramatic urge, not epic gait."

Works

  • Poetry and poets of the time: a description of German literature of the last few decades. 1911 (20th edition 1928)
    • New episode: Under the spell of Expressionism . Voigtländer, Leipzig 1925 (6th edition 1930)
    • Third episode: Poets from the German Volkstum: Poetry and Poets of the Time; a description of the German literature of the last decades . Voigtländer, Leipzig 1934
    • New edition together with Curt Hohoff : Poetry and Poets of the Time: From Naturalism to the Present . Bagel, Düsseldorf 1961–1963 (2 vol.)
  • Faust and us. People's Association of Book Friends. Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1920. 97–100 pp.
  • Fist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Reviewed by Albert Soergel . 1st volume of the 1st annual series. People's Association of Book Friends. Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1920. 494 pp.
  • Crystal of Time: A selection from German poetry from the last 50 years . With an introduction. Binding drawing by Emil Praetorius , Munich. Grethlein & Co., Leipzig-Zurich 1929. 610 pp.
  • (Ed.): Christoph Martin Wieland : The Abderites . Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1952.
  • (Ed.) Together with Konrad Friedrich Bauer : magazine for book lovers . Founded by Fedor von Zobeltitz . Organ of the Society of Bibliophiles.

literature

  • For Albert Soergel on his fiftieth birthday (= Extraordinary publication by the Society of Book Friends in Chemnitz. Vol. 19; = Publication by the Society of Book Friends in Chemnitz. Vol. 33 [b]). Society of Book Friends, Chemnitz 1930, 326 pp.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renate Wißuwa: Soergel, William Albert . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
  2. ↑ a b c Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 575.
  3. ↑ Renate Wißuwa: Soergel, William Albert . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
  4. ^ Albert Soergel, in: Poetry and Poets of Time. A description of the German literature of the last decades. New series: Im Banne des Expressionismus , Leipzig 1926, p. 796, evidence
personal data
SURNAME Soergel, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soergel, Wilhelm Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1958
Place of death Chemnitz