Arthur Levysohn

The journalist Arthur Levysohn, 1905. Photo by Anselm Hartog.

Arthur Levysohn (born March 23, 1841 in Grünberg in Silesia , † April 11, 1908 in Meran ) was a German journalist .

He is the son of the bookseller Wilhelm Levysohn . He began his journalistic career at the Kölnische Zeitung as a Viennese correspondent. Later he went to Paris. In 1870 he was head of the "Moniteur de Versailles" for a short time and then found a job with the "Neue Wiener Tageblatt".

“Arthur Levysohn worked there as a foreign correspondent and later headed the foreign affairs department of the“ Neue Wiener Tagblatt ”. In 1876 he was expelled from Austria because of the "destructive tendency" of his articles. "

- quoted from Gotthart Schwarz: Theodor Wolff and the "Berliner Tageblatt" . Mohr, Tübingen 1968, p. 9.

Rudolf Mosse hired him in 1876 for the Berliner Tageblatt . There he was initially head of the department for foreign policy, then from 1881 until his illness-related departure in 1906 as editor-in-chief. At the same time, he was editor-in-chief of the German Monday newspaper , which later became the Monday edition of the Berliner Tageblatt with the supplement '' Der Zeitgeist '' . He knew how to tie many young talents to the newspaper and is considered a supporter of Theodor Herzl , Fritz Mauthner , Hermann Sudermann , Walther Gotheils and Julius Stindes . Under the direction of Arthur Levysohn, the newspaper soon developed into a leading newspaper in the liberal direction. He introduced the overview articles of the "Politische Wochenschau", which were later continued by Paul Michaelis and Friedrich Dernburg . He spent 99 days in prison for insulting Bismarck. Theodor Wolff was his successor . Levysohn was u. a. friends and correspondence with Bertha von Suttner and Theodor Herzl.

Works

• Youngest German poetry and its most outstanding characters. Marginal drawings on literary history . W. Levysohn, Grünberg 1865
• H. Beta's "German fruits from England . In: Magazine for foreign literature from June 17, 1865, pp. 347-348
• Paris in sunshine and lamplight. A sketchbook for the world exhibition, by Julius Rodenberg , with contributions by Heinrich Ehrlich, Rudolf Gottschall , Eugène Laur, Arthur Levysohn, Charles Marelle, HB Oppenheim, William Reymond, Alfred Woltmann . 2nd edition FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1867 online
• From an imperial era. French memories of a journalist. Arthur Levysohn (Ed.) . Grünberg i. Silesia 1878
• Kaiser Wilhelm the Victorious. A memorial sheet. Separate print from the Berliner Tageblatt evening edition of March 9, 1888, No. 128 . Mosse, Berlin 1888
• Historical review . In: Twenty-five Years of Contemporary German History - 1872-1897. Anniversary font . Edited by the editorial staff of the Berliner Tageblatt, Rudolf Mosse, Berlin 1897, pp. 1–14
• Anniversary thoughts . In: ibid., S. 190-194

literature

• Dr. Arthur Levysohn on his twenty-fifth anniversary on the Berliner Tageblatt. Dedicated by co-workers and friends . Mosse, Berlin 1901
• Arthur Levysohn . In: Adolph Kohut : Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Mankind. Life and Character Pictures from the Past and Present. A Handbook for Home and Family. With numerous portraits and other illustrations . Vol. 2, AH Payne, Leipzig-Reudnitz, 1901, p. 156 read online
• Isidor Kastan : Berlin as it was . Rudolf Mosse, Berlin 1919, pp. 202–206
• Arthur Levysohn . In: Wilhelm Kosch: Biographisches Staats Handbuch. Lexicon of politics, press and journalism . Continued v. Eugene Kurti. Francke, Bern, Munich 1963
• Gotthart Schwarz: Theodor Wolff and the "Berliner Tageblatt" . Mohr, Tübingen 1968, p. 9

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary in the Berliner Tageblatt of April 11, 1908, evening edition, p. 1