Berthold A. Baer

Berthold Arnold Baer (born March 3, 1867 in Bruchsal , † October 18, 1924 in New York City ) was a German-American physician , writer and translator.

Life

He came from Bruchsal in Baden and was the son of Aron Baer and his wife Pauline, née Louchheim. Berthold Baer attended grammar school in Baden and studied literature and art at the University of Munich .

At his father's request, he went to Mannheim in 1887 to work in an agency business. In his spare time he worked as a journalist for newspapers. After initial success, he became a member of the editorial team of the General-Anzeiger in Mannheim.

In 1896 he went to the USA, where he also worked as a journalist and writer, and became editor-in-chief of the Evening Post in San Francisco . In 1898 he moved to Philadelphia and later to New York City. He received his doctorate as Dr. med. and worked as an ophthalmologist for a while.

In his publications, Baer deals with death, among other things, but also with American humor and poetry. He also translated some crime novels by Anna Katharine Green , some of which are still published today. He also wrote the song Say Good Night but Not Good-bye? that became a hit.

Berthold A. Baer died in Manhattan and was buried there on October 21, 1924.

family

In 1897 he married Fransisca Leah, née Schwartz, in San Francisco. The daughter Francisca was born in 1898, who was later a married Basch.

Works (selection)

The Counts of Manderscheid. A song from the Eifel , 1895.
Translation by: Anna Katharine Green: The Filigree Heart. Detective novel in three parts , 1906, new edition 2010 ISBN 978-1-160-57719-9 .
Translation by: Anna Katharine Green: Angels and Devils. Detective novel , new edition 2014.

literature

Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 50.

Individual evidence

^ The Family History of the Calzaretta, Krieger, Michaels and Rafael Families and other related families as researched by Alex Calzareth
↑ There are different statements in the literature about the time of death. In Michael Rehs, Hans-Joachim Haager: Roots in foreign soil: on the history of the southwest German emigration to America , 1984, p. 144, 1923 is given in New Yortk. Based on two letters from 1938, the DNB still lists him as alive at the time, cf. Archive of the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, New York in the German Exile Archive 1933-1945.
↑ In Bruchsal there was a Berthold Bear Foundation , which is said to have been named after a citizen of the city who died in 1915, cf. State Archives Baden-Württemberg , Finding aid 233 Baden State Ministry, Speziala B Bruchsal (KA)

personal data
SURNAME	Baer, Berthold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Baer, Berthold Arnold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician, writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bruchsal
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1924
Place of death	New York City

[1] The Family History of the Calzaretta, Krieger, Michaels and Rafael Families and other related families as researched by Alex Calzareth

[2] There are different statements in the literature about the time of death. In Michael Rehs, Hans-Joachim Haager: Roots in foreign soil: on the history of the southwest German emigration to America , 1984, p. 144, 1923 is given in New Yortk. Based on two letters from 1938, the DNB still lists him as alive at the time, cf. Archive of the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, New York in the German Exile Archive 1933-1945.

[3] In Bruchsal there was a Berthold Bear Foundation , which is said to have been named after a citizen of the city who died in 1915, cf. State Archives Baden-Württemberg , Finding aid 233 Baden State Ministry, Speziala B Bruchsal (KA)