Up into the realm of the noble people

Up into the realm of noble people was the title of the lecture that Karl May gave at his last public appearance on March 22, 1912 in Vienna . In her obituary for Karl May Bertha von Suttner wrote : “Anyone whoheardthe handsome old manspeakon that March 22nd (on March 30th, his wedding day, a heartbeat struck him) for a whole two hours, solemnly, enthusiastically Striving for the highest regions of thought - it must have had the feeling: The fire of goodness blazes in this soul. "

Lecture

The lecture was advertised with the broadest "spread" through large posters, medium-sized advertising sheets and small cards, which were apparently sent out specifically. The lecture was sold out. The press gave a number of "over 3000 people in good and excellent company"; 2000 are more likely if you consider the size of the hall.

content

There is no manuscript of the free speech, but a reconstruction based on a handwritten concept, the press reports and other notes was possible.

From Karl May himself there is a six folio page structure “Up into the realm of noble men!” , Divided into 15 points; a three-page draft entitled “Edelmensch” , which probably contains the beginning of the lecture text; also two fragmentary drafts, one of which is probably also an attempt to formulate the introductory text.

structure

1. Do you know the unfathomable deep lake [...]
2. Salutation: Honored u. s. w.
3. Preface: You have called me to give a lecture here [...]
4. My topic: It's a big, general human issue and a topic for every single person, including me. [...]
5. My self: But who am I that I may dare to consider my thoughts so important that I have to share them? [...]
6. So not my outer, but my inner personality should speak to you, my heart! [...]
7. Three ways: There are 3 ways up: science, art, religion. [...]
8. Poetry: So on the path of art, of poetry up into the realm of the noble people! What is poetry [...]
9. What is the fairy tale? [...]
10. The fairy tale of Sitara. Read out. "Life and Striving". "Babel and the Bible".
11. What does this fairy tale want to tell us? [...]
12. What is the human question? [...]
13. My youth: Best of all: reading aloud. [...]
14. In order to clothe the truths of the future, which are now shown from almost all doors because only a few recognize them, in the garb of fairy tales, so that one may have mercy on them. [...]
15. Enough. Humanity.

Reports

There were reports about the lecture. a. by Klara May , Alexander Salkind , Ludwig Ullmann and Franz Cornaro.

Press reports have appeared in:

• Small Oesterreichische Volkszeitung , March 23, 1912
• Neues Wiener Journal , March 23, 1912
• Foreign newspaper , Vienna, March 23, 1912
• Neue Freie Presse , Vienna, March 23, 1912
• Neues Wiener Tagblatt , March 23, 1912 (and again as part of an obituary on April 2)
• Wiener Abendpost , March 23, 1912
• Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt , March 23, 1912
• Arbeiter-Zeitung , Vienna, March 24, 1912
• Deutsches Volksblatt , Vienna, March 23, 1912
• Wiener Mondays-Journal , March 25, 1912
• Die Zeit , Vienna, March 23, 1912

Fritz Barthel , who reported on the speech in his book Last Adventures around Karl May , was not present at the lecture.

Book editions

The text is contained in Karl May's Collected Works. Volume 34: i .

The concept and other handwritten notes of May in this context as well as the facsimile of a press release are contained in the documentation of Karl May's Viennese speech by Ekkehard Bartsch in the yearbook of the Karl May Society 1970.

radio play

Up into the realm of the noble people was a radio production by MDR Figaro in 2012. The 14 audio images about the relationship between Marie Hannes and Karl May were created after the documentary Life in the Shadow of Light by Hans-Dieter Steinmetz and Dieter Sudhoff . It involved Nele Rosetz (Marie Hannes), Hilmar Eichhorn (Karl May) and Friedhelm Eberle (Speaker).

Others

The founding date of the Karl May Society , March 22, 1969, is no coincidence, but was chosen in memory of March 22, 1912.

Remarks

1. ↑ karl-may-gesellschaft.de
2. ^ Deutsches Volksblatt , Vienna, March 23, 1912 - after Bartsch: Karl May's Vienna speech. P. 76.
3. ^ Bartsch: Karl May's Viennese speech. P. 50.
4. ^ Bartsch: Karl May's Viennese speech. P. 51.
5. ↑ karl-may-wiki.de
6. ↑ karl-may-wiki.de
7. ↑ karl-may-wiki.de
8. ↑ karl-may-wiki.de

literature

• Ekkehard Bartsch: Karl May's Viennese speech. A documentation . In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 1970. ( online version ) => contains the complete concept of May
• Adolf Gelber, Wilhelm Nhil, Paul Wilhelm: Karl May in Vienna. Last interviews (1912). In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 1970 ( online version )
• Hans Wollschläger : Victory - great victory - Karl May and the Academic Association for Literature and Music. In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 1970 ( online version )
• Günter Scholdt : ›Up into the realm of the noble people‹. An idea of ​​humanity in the context of time . In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 2000 ( online version )
• Dieter Sudhoff : Up into the realm of the noble people. In: Gert Ueding (ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. Publishing house Königshausen & Neumann GmbH, Würzburg 2001, p. 471 f. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3
• Hans Langsteiner: "A venerable old man" . In: Wiener Karl-May-Brief 3–4 / 2012 (Interview with Franz Cornaro, who reports on the lecture)
• Holger Kuße (Ed.): Karl Mays Friedenswege. His work between ethnic stereotype and pacifism , Bamberg / Radebeul: Karl-May-Verlag 2013; including:
  • Holger Kuße, Ekkehard Bartsch: “Noble man, where are you?” Karl May on March 22, 1912 , p. 443 ff.
  • Odette Bereska : The true connoisseurs among themselves. A fictional group of critics based on Karl May's peace speech in Vienna, March 1912 (Eine Szene) , p. 485 ff.

Web links

• Entry in the Karl May audio play database .