Emil R. Muller

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Emil Reinhardt Müller (born July 25, 1879 in Mühltroff in Vogtland, † March 10, 1950 in Magdeburg ) was a German lithographer , writer and editor . He also published under the pseudonym Sonnen-Müller .

Life

origin

The father was a stocking knitter and didn't earn much, so Emil Reinhard Müller soon had to work to support the family. Political articles in magazines were discussed in the family, so Müller's interest in politics was aroused at an early stage. ER Müller learned the profession of lithographer and took a job as a journeyman in Halberstadt . There he found a circle of friends who were very open to everything new in science and poetry. In 1898 he joined the SPD . In 1905 he joined the workers' youth movement in Halberstadt.

In order to distinguish him from other Social Democrats of the same name, ER Müller was also called the "Sonnenmüller", this naming seems to result from one of his first writings "Sunny Youth".

Act

In 1910 he got a job in the editorial office of the Magdeburg “Volksstimme”. There he worked for 23 years on articles in local and cultural politics. Mainly he campaigned for the youth. His aim was to convey socialist ideals to young people through lectures, essays, games, books and conversations. He wrote several youth games. He was committed to the Magdeburg workers 'youth , went on sightseeing tours with groups of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) and to museums, brought them closer to art and literature, and was a city councilor in the field of culture and youth.

In 1920 he wrote the book “The Weimar of the Working Youth”, it is about the first Reich Youth Day of the working class youth from August 28th to 30th in Weimar, many friends helped with the production of this book. Quote from Walter Rathenau about this book: "It taught him to believe in Germany's future again." He expressed his educational ideas in the story "Die Sternträger - Lebenswanderung einer Jugend".

In 1933 he was banned from practicing his profession, and all his writings were included in the first list of harmful and undesirable literature. For years he provided his son-in-law Karl Raloff , the editor-in-chief of the Hanoverian “People's Will”, who had emigrated to Denmark, with information material that he used in his fight against the National Socialist regime. Despite police surveillance, he kept in contact with members of various resistance groups. After the Hitler assassination attempt on July 20, 1944, 65-year-old Müller was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for four weeks.

After the war he was immediately ready, albeit in bad health, to make a fresh start, although the “Third Reich” had hit him bitterly. For five years he worked for the city of Magdeburg, under the difficult political conditions in the Soviet zone, most recently as head of the local news office.

Works

  • The working youth and their world. A book intended to bring old and young workers together. 1913
  • The Weimar of the working youth : Notes and pictures from the first Reichsjugendtag of the working youth from August 28th to 30th, 1920 in Weimar.
  • The young worker: a guide to socialist youth work. 1920
  • The departure: A festival in 2 parts for the young workers Die Biene - Verlag, 1921 39 pages
  • Spielmanns Schuld: Youth play with songs and dance series Die Biene - Verlag für Arbeiterjugendliteratur, 1921 - 31 pages
  • Blooming earth A game for happy people. 1922
  • Stage arts and youth play Müller, Emil R. - Berlin: Arbeiterjugendverlag, 1922
  • Fool's Luck A game for the youth in two parts. 1st edition, 1st - 10th thousand - Berlin: Arbeiterjugend-Verl., 1923
  • Christmas in the woods A game for the youth. 5th edition - Berlin: Arbeiterjugend-Verl., 1928
  • The Star Bearers - The Wandering of a Youth's Life 5th Edition - Berlin: Arbeiterjugend-Verl., 1928
  • Sunny youth - festive thoughts and celebrations. 2nd edition - Berlin: Forward, 1921
  • The little light in the forest - Christmas play for the youth. Die Biene, publisher for young workers' literature, 1921
  • The red flood : disrespect for the SPD's Magdeburg party congress in 1929; Penetrated, e.g. Tl color drawing / by Fritz Petters; Rudolf Wewerka. Ed .: ER Müller / Petters, Fritz

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical Lexicon of Socialism Volume I Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf. GmbH Hanover
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Emil R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Emil Reinhardt (full name); Sonnen-Müller (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lithographer, writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühltroff in Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1950
Place of death Magdeburg