Emil Geyer
Emil Geyer (born November 29, 1872 in Swoikowitz (Moravia), † October 12, 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp ), real name Emil Goldmann , was a theater director , director and art collector.
Life
Emil Geyer worked in Göttingen , Aachen , Mainz and Bochum and came to Berlin in 1907 , where he met Max Reinhardt . In 1912 he went to Vienna and from 1913 to 1925 took over as artistic director of the Neue Wiener Bühne , in which, in addition to entertainment, he also put expressionist drama on the program, which gave the theater the reputation of a progressive literary stage. Max Reinhardt entrusted him with the management of the Josefstädter Theater , which he held from 1926 to 1933. In 1935/1936 he was a director at the Deutsches Volkstheater and taught at the Max Reinhardt Seminar . He worked in the circle of leaves for art . Geyer's art collection, which was expropriated during the Nazi era , included paintings by Egon Schiele , Paul Signac , Wassily Kandinsky and Max Pechstein .
He decided not to emigrate and was shot in Mauthausen concentration camp on October 12, 1942.
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 390.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geyer, Emil. In: www.lostart.de. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geyer, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldmann, Emil (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swoikowitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1942 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |