Albin Neumann

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Albin Neumann , stage name: Allan , (born January 10, 1909 in Vienna ; † January 6, 1990 ibid) was an Austrian magician .

Life

Neumann was born as the son of a print shop owner in Vienna, and as a child met the artist LARETTE, who lived in the neighborhood and who dealt with playing cards and handicrafts and had a strong influence on him. He was an amateur artist on the side until he was discovered by a variety agent and became a magician against the wishes of his parents. Allan was internationally successful as a magician and magician on variety stages ; Announcement posters show him blindfolded and showing a playing card labeled ALLAN. THE MAP MIRACLE. or ALLAN. THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES. During the Nazi era, he continued to be involved and was also active on behalf of the Reichstheaterkammer with lectures all over Germany against charlatans, swindlers and as a spiritualist exposer. Even after the war he worked as a hypnosis expert and voluntary reviewer for card games for the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. False spirits, real swindlers. was a radio show designed by him.

Memberships

Recognitions

Publications

  • Miracles revealed. 1947.
  • Simsalabim. Vienna 1953.
  • The 4th dimension. Vienna 1955.
  • with Ernst Leap: Corrected luck. Cheat in practice and theory. Association of Federal Criminal Police Officers in Austria, Vienna 1955.
  • with Herbert Schiff, Gert Gunther Kramer: false spirits, real swindlers. Ghost hunt through 3 centuries. Zsolnay, Vienna 1969.
  • with Herbert Schiff, Gert Gunther Kramer: Of false spirits and real swindlers. The power of superstition. Zsolnay, Goldmann, Munich 1973.
  • Possible impossibilities. Magic without manual dexterity. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-215-04505-2 .
  • with Berthold Lang, Kurt Zerzavy: Bibliographisches Lexikon der Magie. in: Berthold Lang (Ed.): Hokuspokus fidibus. Austrian Circus and Clown Museum , Vienna 1984.

literature

  • Magic Christian: Allan. A portrait of a magician. Article, magic magazine ALADIN, January 1990.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Magic Christian: Allan. A portrait of a magician. see literature
  2. ^ Bibliographical Lexicon of Magic. see publications
  3. ↑ Thought Transfer . Radioed on the radio. Der Spiegel, 49/1950
personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Albin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian magician
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1990
Place of death Vienna