Franz Neubert

Franz Fürchtegott Neubert 1930

Franz Neubert (actually Franz Fürchtegott Neubert, nickname Goethe-Papa , born December 23, 1878 in Chemnitz , † 1959 in Leipzig ) was a German writer , translator , author , lecturer , editor and publisher of reference works and books about Goethe .

Live and act

Franz Neubert lived with his wife Heima Neubert, a well-known astrologer in the southern suburb of Leipzig and had two sons. Most recently and before the closure by the National Socialist regime in 1944 , he was the head of the publishing house of JJ Weber in Leipzig . He was also the editor of several books about Goethe and his thinking and environment and an illustrated lexicon , worked as a co-author on several books, translated some works into German and wrote articles and reviews in the magazine Illustrirte Zeitung .

After 1944 he worked as an editor for various authors and publishers and looked after his grandson .

His son "Teddie" Frohwalt Neubert he asked for as part of the Hot Club Leipzig regularly scheduled jazz - jam sessions his library. This earned him the nickname "Goethe-Papa".

Works as editor

• Deutsches Zeitgenossenlexikon: biographical manual of German men and women. Leipzig: Schulze, 1905.
• Goethe picture book for the German people. Leipzig: Schulze, 1907.
• Goethe and his circle. Leipzig: JJ Weber 1919.
• From Doctor Faustus to Goethe's Faust. Leipzig: JJ Weber 1932.

Works as a co-author / translator

• Sarah Bernhardt : My double life. Memoirs. German by Franz Neubert and Frohwalt Küchler. Leipzig: Schulze, 1908.
• James O'Donnell Bennett: What I Saw in the Theater of War. Open letter to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Deutsch from Franz Neubert. Berlin: G. Reimer 1915.
• Paul Schreckenbach , Franz Neubert: Martin Luther. A picture of his life and work. Leipzig: Weber 1916.
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Goethe's Faust: first and second part . Edited by Max Hecker. With pictures after 7 hand drawings by Goethe and numerous illustrations by contemporary German artists. Ed. And incorporated. by Franz Neubert. Leipzig: JJ Weber, 1921.

literature

• Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. German business publisher, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 .

Web links

• Literature by Franz Neubert in the Common Union Catalog of German Libraries

Remarks

1. ↑ Here the instruments of the in the back house Hardenbergstr. 22 wind instrument manufacturer Peter Mönnig  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Leipzig appraised and tested.  
2. ↑ For this he was severely warned several times by the then NS Gau leader S3.